Amidst surprises and confirmations, excellent performances from the Blue Army athletes
Another weekend packed with results for the Italian Air Force Sports Centre (CSAM) team.
Clay pigeon shooting
At the European Championships Clay pigeon shooting in Larnaca (CYP) BSc Sofia LITTAME’ graduates European Champion at the Junior Trap Shooting. Our 20-year-old athlete won a total of three medals in the Junior Trap (Olympic Trench): 2 GOLDS, in the individual and mixed team, a SILVER in the women's team.
Beach Volleyball
In the final stage of the Italian Beach Volleyball Championship in Caorle (VE), our athletes put in a great performance, returning home with a handsome reward:
The 1st AC Marta MENEGATTI is Champion of Italy. Paired with the young talent Valentina GOTTARDI, he wins the Stage Tournament e, by virtue of the sum of the points from the previous stages, The Italian Championship (Scudetto). In the last competition, the two athletes, despite having mathematically secured the title simply by reaching the semi-final, were not content and won the tournament with overwhelming superiority, not dropping a single set to their opponents. For our athlete, it's the sixth Italian title of her career.
It 1st Chosen Airman Daniele LUPO “he doesn't break his habit” e wins the victory in the last stage of the tournament Male paired with the Lithuanian Edgar Tocs.
The podium was graced by 3rd place for Leading Aircraftman Enrico ROSSI 'Che', partnered with his old companion Marco Carminati, given the absence of his current partner, Chief Airman Adrian Carambula, in the direct clash between the two A.M. athletes in a hard-fought semi-final, gave the tournament winner a run for his money.
Leading Aircraftman Alex Ranghieri, for the occasion paired with federal athlete Mauro Bertoli, however, stops at the round of 16.
Sail
At the World Championships in Halifax, Canada, the new recruits, Special Airmen Gianluigi UGOLINI and Maria GIUBILEI, they conquer the Silver Medal in the Nacra 17 class. The Championship was won by the Italian crew Tita (Fiamme Gialle) – Banti (cc Aniene), Olympic champions in Tokyo, while the Bronze went to the Finns Kurtbay-Keskinen.
Canoe
At the Under-23 World Championships in Szeged (HUN), an excellent 4th place for Airman First Class Flavio SPURIO in the K2 mix 500 metres.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Last weekend, in Budapest (Hungary), the Gracia Fair Cup where the 1. Aircraftwoman Alexandra Ana Maria AGIURGIUCULESE wins the general competition and in the discipline finals, he wins 3 golds and a silver. Although it is a second-tier competition, the result achieved is to be applauded, coming after a very difficult period.
On 28 August, however, in Cluj Napoca (Romania), the World Challenge Cup in rhythmic gymnastics where the 1^ Airwoman Milena BALDASSARRi, has conquered the Bronze Medal in the ball speciality. An important result with a view to the upcoming World Championships in mid-September.
Athletics
four athletes from the Italian Air Force Sports Centre took part in the XXXV International Meeting City of Padua, Italian leg of the World Athletics Continental Tour. The most important result is obtained Leading Aircraftman Leonardo FABBRI after 22 competitions and 14 months from the last time, he throws over the 21-metre mark again (21.16), securing 2nd place and beating American Josh Awotunde, the world bronze medallist (20.98). Victory for Steen (USA) with 21.38.
In the women's doubles 5th place for Leading Aircraftsman Dariya DERKACH with M. 14.18 (with 5 jumps over 14 metres).
In 1,500m with 3’39"47, the 1st Airman Special Mohad ABDIKADAR gets the 9th place in the race dominated by the two Americans Nugusi and Hocker over Coscoran (Ire).
Bad day for Leading Aircraftman Manuel LANDO who in the high jump commits three faults at 2.12 metres. Fifth place for him in the competition won with 2.27m by Shinno (Jpn) ahead of Wu (China, 2.25m).
In Berlin, however, it played out the ISTAF (International Stadium Festival) the most important meeting on German soil that takes place concurrently with the World Athletics Meeting of Padua. The only Italian competing in the Olympiastadion was the Chief Aircraftman Marco FASSINOTTI that in the high jump finishes at fifth place with the same measure (2.19m) as Bakosi (HUN), Doroshchuk (UKR) and Przybylko (GER). The competition was won by Mexican Edgar Rivera, the only one to clear the bar at 2.23m.
