Larissa Iapichino, last test before Rome.

Larissa Iapichino in Palermo

It will be in Palermo Larissa Iapichino’s next competitive engagement. The Italian jumper of the Fiamme Oro è is expected on the platform Sunday afternoon for the last test in the run-up to the European Championships in Rome 2024 (June 7-12), after debuting in the long jump in Athens with a victory in 6.65 despite a headwind of -0.9.

The long jump competition è organized on the occasion of the regional phase of the Societ&agrave Championships; on the platform of the stadium of the Palms named after Vito Schifani. And precisely on the occasion of the competition weekend will be remembered the figure of Schifani, an athlete of the Fiamme Oro, an agent of Giovanni Falcone’s escort, who was a victim of the Capaci massacre of which Thursday marks the 32nd anniversary.

At the European Championships in Rome 2024, one can watch Larissa Iapichino’s jumps on the morning of Tuesday, June 11 for the qualifying round, while the final è scheduled for the final evening of the event at the Olympic Stadium, Wednesday, June 12. The Florentine jumper, who è currently ranks third in the world ranking of the specialty, at the continental level won the silver medal at last season’s European Indoor Championships in Istanbul with the Italian indoor record of 6.97.