Nadia Battocletti's season in cross
country opened Sunday with third place at the Cinque Mulini
(Five Windwills) race near Milan behind an Ethiopian and a
Kenyan.
The Italian, Olympic silver medalist in the 10,000 metres in
Paris, brought an Italian back to the podium nine years after
the last time in the great classic of San Vittore Olona, edition
number 92, amid applause from the crowd.
Ethiopian Yenenesh Shimket won ahead of Kenyan Sheila Jebet.
For the 24-year-old from Trentino, two-time continental track
champion (5000 and 10,000) in Rome 2024, it was the first outing
in the path towards the European Cross-Country Championships on
December 8 in Antalya, Turkey, where she will aim high again
twelve months after her silver in Brussels, awaiting next
Sunday's challenge in the Spanish race in Alcobendas.
"I had a lot of fun," said Italy's new long-distance poster
girl, "and I wanted to dare at the start, but my opponents were
more experienced.
"It is a test that was needed to remove some rust from the
engine, I gave 100 percent.
"The new season starts from here with the aim of showing up at
the Eurocross as prepared as possible and in a calm manner".
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