Athletics: towards Euroindoor, tomorrow the blues in Istanbul

Istanbul, Italy arrives.

Tomorrow is the day of departure for most of the blue expedition (which in total counts 49 athletes, 25 men and 24 women) towards the European Indoor Championships in Turkey (March 2-5).

In the afternoon the Italian team will reach the Turkish capital, where the indoor continental event, edition n.

    37, marked, on this occasion, by solidarity and closeness to the Turkish people hard hit by the earthquake that devastated the border with Syria.

Sport to restart.

    Already from Wednesday morning the Azzurri will have the opportunity to test the track and platforms of the Atakoy Arena and the adjacent warm-up area of ​​the Sinan Erdem Sports Hall.

In the evening, it will be time for a team meeting to strengthen team spirit and welcome the newcomers to the national team.

Then, on Thursday morning, the classic training with the official starters will be held for the sprinters.

And a few hours later, from 5 pm in Italy on Thursday (7 pm in Turkey) it will already be time for Euroindoor with the first session that will see sixteen Azzurri involved.

    The first to take to the track will be the 19th century athletes Simone Barontini and Catalin Tecuceanu, at the same time as the world bronze medalist Elena Vallortigara.

To see the Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs on the track, we will have to wait for Saturday, with three rounds in less than twelve hours: heats from 7.20 am Italian time, semi-finals from 4.45 pm, final at 6.55 pm.