Italian masters nationals hoping to lure Golden Gala elites
Think of it this way: The day after the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, USATF masters nationals are held at the same Hayward Field site. That’s pretty much what FIDAL, the national track federation of Italy, did when it recently announced it was moving its masters outdoor nationals from the weekend of June 2-4 to the weekend of June 11-13. Why? The elite Golden Gala meet at the 1960 Rome Olympic Stadium is June 10. “And . . . the Italian athletes (older than 35 years) competing in the Gala event have the opportunity to participate in the veterans championships, too,” reports the Eurovets site. Not sure where the Italian masters nationals will be held. But nice of them to invite the M35/W35 elites to the show.
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According to the site, the Italian Masters nationals will also be held in Rome. I smell a few Blog articles and videos coming up!
My Italian sources report:
The italian master national will be held in the Olympic Stadium too, the day after Golden Gala and… for 3 days!!!! For us will be a big thing, because the Olympic Stadium is an italian athletic temple!
And from another Italian athlete:
rumors say they would be held in Oyimpic stadium. But I’m
very pessimistic about chances that italian athlets of Golden gala will compete in national veterans. I’m also very pessimistic about
possibility that during the Golden Gala some masters athlets will be invited. I hope to be wrong.
P.s. the first scheduled date was the July 2-4 and not June 2-4.
p.s.2 the website of my master team: http://www.masterasiveneto.blogspot.com
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