Nadia Battocletti gold in the 5000 meters at the European Championships in Rome
Bounty of medals for Italy on the first day of competition
Nadia Battocletti capped off a triumphant day for Italy at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, triumphing by force in the 5,000 meters with an extraordinary time of 14:35.29, beating the national record (14:41.12) by six seconds and the overall European Championships record (14:46.12) by eleven. L'azzurra è was adept at managing her pace throughout the race and then giving the decisive acceleration on the last straight.
Second place went to the Norwegian Karoline Groevdal, who preceded the Spanish Marta Garcia, Completing the top 5 were the Dutch Maureen Koster and the Finnish Nathalie Blomqvist. Good seventh place, finally, for Italy's Federica Del Buono.
“It’ was a fabulous evening, very difficult race. I imagined that my opponents would put it on the pace, because they know that one of my trump cards è that of the final" began the Italian on the microphones of "Rai Sport";
"In the last 600 meters I turn on something. I had a difficult moment, I told him “you got me in the crosses but this è my home, this time I could not lose”. I had a difficult month coming from a half disappointment from Marrakech. But I managed to take something great here in Rome“ added Nadia Battocletti.
The first day of the European championships in Rome ends with an excellent haul for Italy, which already counts two gold and two silver medals.
