Ostrava, heavy one-two punch with Leonardo Fabbri and Zane Weir

Italian double in the weight in Ostrava, in the Gold leg of the Continental Tour. Just hours before the departure of the Italian expedition for the European Team Championships in Madrid, Leonardo Fabbri (Aeronautica) won for the second year in a row at the Golden Spike in the Czech Republic, with a measurement of 21.70, overtaking in the fifth round of throws his training partner Zane Weir (Fiamme Gialle) who was leading the competition with 21.39 and finished in second place.

In Fabbri’s series also 21.33 and 21.00, in Weir’s also a 21.36 in the first throw. Third place for U.S. Jordan Geist (21.09), abandoning the race in pain after the debut throw was host Tomas Stanek, among Fabbri’s main rivals in the ‘European Cup’.

The high jump was also in second place.

In the high jump, third place for Marco Fassinotti (Aeronautica) who jumped 2.20 in the first round and missed three times to 2.24, the measure of success of Ukrainian Dmytro Nikitin ahead of Czech Jan Stefela. Sixth is Manuel Lando (Aeronautica) with 2.20 on the third and three errors at 2.24, instead Stefano Sottile (Fiamme Azzurre) goes over 2.15 but not the next height and closes in tenth position. She was sixth in the 100 hurdles Elena Carraro (Fiamme Gialle), finishing in 13.01 (+1.4) in the race dominated by Nigerian world record holder Tobi Amusan (12.45).