Saturday, May 14, 2005

Italian team for Miskolc LE SQUADRE PER LA COPPA EUROPA DI MARCIA Uomini 20km Ivano BRUGNETTI (Fiamme Gialle) Lorenzo CIVALLERO (Carabinieri) Michele DIDONI (Carabinieri) Alessandro GANDELLINI (Fiamme Oro) 50Km Diego CAFAGNA (Carabinieri) Marco DE LUCA (Fiamme Gialle) Alessandro MISTRETTA (Forestale) Alex SCHWAZER (Carabinieri) Junior - 10km Matteo GIUPPONI (Atl. Bergamo 1959) Andrea ROMANELLI (Toscana Atletica) Giorgio RUBINO (Fiamme Gialle) Donne 20km Rossella GIORDANO (Fiamme Azzurre) Gisella ORSINI (Forestale) Elisa RIGAUDO (Fiamme Gialle) Cristiana PELLINO (Forestale) Juniores - 10km Martina GABRIELLI (Camelot Milano) Sabrina TREVISAN (Atl. Bergamo 1959) 9:18:36 AM     comment []

Spanish team for Miskolc Something of a B team, with La Coruna IAAF GP two weeks later,. It'll be interesting though to see Jesus Garcia race 20km, as well as see Benjamin Sanchez race against seniors internationally for thye first time. HOMBRES 50km MARCHA DIAZ VELAZQUEZ, JOSE IGNACIO 79 BENACANTIL-PUERTO ALICANTE CASTILLA LA MANCHA AVELLANEDA SORIANO, MARIO 74 AT. PITIUS ISLAS BALEARES GONZALEZ COBACHO, JOSE ANTONIO 79 A. A. CATALUNYA CATALUÑA PINARDO MOYA, FRANCISCO 75 A. A. MORATALAZ MADRID 20km MARCHA DOMINGUEZ GUIMERA, JOSE DAVID 80 INDEPENDIENTE ANDALUCIA GARCIA BRAGADO, JESUS ANGEL 69 CANAL ISABEL II CATALUÑA MOLINA MOROTE, JUAN MANUEL 79 UCAM-ATHLEO MURCIA SANCHEZ BERMEJO, BENJAMIN 85 UCAM-ATHLEO MURCIA 10km MARCHA JUNIOR ESPINOSA MURILLO, FRANCISCO 87 ATMO. MILLENNIUM COM. VALENCIANA JAADAR KADAGUI, ABDELAHI 87 BENACANTIL-PUERTO ALICANTE COM. VALENCIANA LOPEZ NICOLAS, MIGUEL ANGEL 88 UCAM-ATHLEO MURCIA MUJERES 20km MARCHA FLORIDO FLORIDO, ROCIO 76 VALENCIA TERRA I MAR ANDALUCIA GARGALLO GRACIA, MARIA TERESA 69 SCORPIO-MONDO ARAGON PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, BEATRIZ 82 F. C. BARCELONA CATALUÑA POVES NOVELLA, MARIA JOSE 78 SCORPIO-MONDO ARAGON 10km MARCHA JUNIOR CASTRILLO GONZALEZ, LORENA 89 ANTA EMPRESAS CASTILLA LEON GONZALEZ CAMPOS, RAQUEL 89 G. A. LLUISOS CATALUÑA SANCHEZ PABLO, ALBA 88 ESP. VINAROS COM. VALENCIANA. 12:29:08 AM     comment []

Olympic Champion to compete in Miskolc (EAA Media Service - 11.05.2005) Ten days before the sixth edition of the European Cup Race Walking in Miskolc, Hungary, on Saturday 21 May, reigning Olympic 20km Champion Ivano Brugnetti has been named in the Italian team for the event. Since taking Gold in Athens last year, Brugnetti has suffered a pelvis injury but is now returning to form and the race in Miskolc will be an important part of his preparation for the IAAF World Championships in August. The Italian Athletic Federation has named 11 men and six women in the team for Miskolc. The women[base ']s 20km team, led by the overall winner of last year[base ']s IAAF Race Walking Challenge Elisa Rigaudo, will be looking to continue its success having taken the team title in three of the five editions of the Cup. Brugnetti is only one of a number of World and Olympic medallists to compete in the European Cup Race Walking as since the first edition in 1996, Europe[base ']s leading walkers have come together to battle it out for individual and team honours. Junior races were added to the programme in 2000. The men[base ']s 20km race at the first edition in La Coruña was won by the great Robert Korzeniowski of Poland ahead of home favourites Daniel Plaza (1992 Olympic Gold medallist) and Fernando Vaskes, with just two seconds covering the first three places. Four time Olympic Gold medallist and World 50km World record holder Korzeniowski also finished second over 20km in 1998 and first in 2000. Russia has been the most successful team at the European Cup Race Walking, particularly in Dudince in 2001 when they won four individual titles and all five team titles. At the last edition of the event in Cheboksary massive crowds [^] 50,000 people watched the closing ceremony [^] lined the banks of the Volga to watch the races and they witnessed three individual and three team victories for host nation Russia. Spain has taken four Senior men[base ']s team titles and had the most individual winners in the Senior men[base ']s races, with 2004 Olympic Silver medallist Francisco Fernandez winning the 20km title twice and 1993 World Champion Jesus Angel Garcia the 50km race three times. The only senior women to have taken two individual victories is Russia[base ']s Olimpiada Ivanova, the reigning European Champion, in 2000 and 2001.   12:15:24 AM     comment []

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