Antonella Palmisano never stops.
After the success in Podebrady with the Olympic standard of 20 km, the blue walker also leaves her signature on the Modena Endurance Festival with the best Italian performance of the 10 km road walk: 41:28 the time trial of the Taranto delle Fiamme Yellow that takes ten seconds away from the previous record of Rossella Giordano which dates back to 1997 (Naumburg, 41:38).
Not only that: with this performance she becomes the sixth ever in the world, not far from the record of the Russian Yelena Nikolayeva (41:04), with the best overall time since 2002, despite a distance not particularly frequented at very high levels.
The world bronze in London 2017 and European bronze in Berlin 2018 therefore confirms the moment of rediscovered condition and wins another Italian title, the ninth in his career, on the second day of the absolute tricolor review, promises, juniors and students.
By winning the race, "Nelly" is also honored with the Sidoti Trophy, in memory of the unforgettable Anna Rita, the Sicilian walker who died too soon: she improves by over a minute (she was 42:50) and in the general classification precedes Nicole Colombi ( Carabinieri, 43:55) and Mariavittoria Becchetti (Cus Cagliari, 44:40).
"Today I wanted to have fun - the words of Antonella Palmisano, who in addition to the traditional flower in her hair wears a mask after the finish line with petals embroidered by mother Maria - I pushed hard, I took the record from Rossella Giordano but I'm sure who will be happy: she had already written me a message after Podebrady to compliment ".
The Apulian therefore becomes the undisputed master of the ten kilometers: today we marched on the road but three years ago she had also brought the Italian limit of 10,000 on the track to 41: 57.29.
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