Alice Mangione, new Italian record after 29 years
Alice Mangione record-breaking
After 29 years, the Italian indoor record in the women’s 400 falls. È the great night of Alice Mangione who at the meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, flies in 51.75 clearly surpassing the record of 52.17 set by Virna De Angeli on March 10, 1996 in Stockholm. Fantastic race by the bearer of the’Esercito who takes almost a second off her personal best in the hall of 52.60 set last year and takes the victory in the Gold leg of the World Indoor Tour because in the’other series Britain’s Lina Nielsen fails to do better with 51.93. A silver medalist last season with the mixed 4×400 at the European Championships, as well as at the European Indoor Championships two years ago in the women’s 4×400, over the distance the 28-year-old Sicilian è also the second Italian ever outdoors with 51.07 at the Paris Games.
“Really happy with this record – the words of Alice Mangione – which gives me hope for the European Indoor Championships in early March in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. I knew I was doing well, although I had debuted in 53.04 in Nantes on January 25 when I was still a bit of a training charge but it only took a week to find the right condition. Here I thought I was worth a chrono around 52 low, è it went even better and I took the record away from a great athlete. But the indoor season è a transition stage and after a smooth preparation I am also confident for the outdoor season’
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On the men’s side, Luca Sito improved again in the indoor 400 as he rewrote his personal best in 46.27 on his second outing of the year, making a new progress on the 46.44 debut time he achieved three weeks ago in Ancona. For the 21-year-old Milanese of the Fiamme Gialle there’è second place in the race won in a comeback by the U.S. Brian Faust who closes in 46.03. With this result the Italian outdoor record holder, capable of 44.75 last outdoor season and a two-time silver medalist at the European Championships in Rome in the 4×400 relays (men’s and mixed), becomes the fourth all-time national record in the hall, less than three tenths from Ashraf Saber’s indoor record (45.99 in 1998) and just one hundredth from the best Italian under-23 performance, Matteo Galvan’s 46.26 in 2009.
In the 1500 he runs as a protagonist Federico Riva (Fiamme Gialle), in turn second at the finish line in 3:36.78 touching the indoor personal best of 3:36.74 sealed last year. A decidedly encouraging performance for the Roman, behind Sweden’s Samuel Pihlstrom (3:35.62). Fifth place in battery in the 60 hurdles by Oliver Mulas (Athletic Club 96 Alperia) with 7.92.
