Personal outdoor record for Iapichino in Greece

It is a debut with bows for Larissa Iapichino in the outdoor season. The Italian immediately signs the personal outdoor record with a jump to 6.83 in the meeting of Kallithea, on the outskirts of Athens. A measure that takes on even more value because it was obtained with a strong headwind of -1.8 and at the last attempt of a race in which it demonstrated an excellent solidity of performance. For the twenty-year-old of the Fiamme Gialle it is the confirmation of this year's progress, already started with the silver at the European Indoor Championships improving the Italian indoor record of 6.97 in Istanbul, at the beginning of March. When there are just nine days left to the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, excellent answers immediately arrive in view of the long-awaited appointment of June 2 in his Florence.
In Greece the daughter of art, trained by the father-coach Gianni, lands immediately at 6.69 (+0.7) with the starting round and then manages to be decidedly constant with 6.68 (+0.1), a null, 6.72 (-0.7) and 6.68 (+0.2) before the final acute, finding the right rhythm during the race. He beat his limit outdoors, the great jump of 6.80 in Savona in 2020 when he was still in the junior category, with the third performance in his career after the record of this winter (exceeding the Italian indoor record of mother Fiona May) and 6.91 in the room two years ago. It is also the best European seasonal result outdoors and the fifth in the world. Clearly defeated opponents of international level as the Swedish Khaddi Sagnia who closes at 6.61 (+0.4) and the Romanian Alina Rotaru-Kottmann, third with 6.51 (-1.1).
"I am very happy with this debut - comments Larissa Iapichino - in a race that is not easy because coming from a period of work in training there were still and there are things to fine-tune and verify. Starting with the personal record with wind against is a source of great satisfaction and stimulus for the next events. I want to thank the organization here in Athens who really made me feel at home. I can't wait to compete at the Golden Gala."