PRESS RELEASE (09/21/2014)
Absolute record number of participants for the’eighth edition of the Tour of the Walls - Paolo Romanisio Memorial, competitive running race organized by the Runners Sports Society Loano with contributions from the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano.
The Loano race was crowned with a successful participation: 450 athletes gathered at Loano to run this edition. Also a success was the kid run that saw the participation of 51 children.
In the men's race, the selection took place around the 4 km mark where Corrado Mortillaro (Atletica Palzola ) produced a stretch, bringing behind only Emanuele Repetto (Cambiaso Risso Running Team Genova ) who held it as long as he could but then had to give in. Good performance by Khelifi Mehdi (Amatori Atletica Acquaviva ) who managed to find the winning sprint in the final to win the third position on the podium. Excellent time of the winner ( 31’37”) very close to the record of the race held by Valerio Brignone .
In the women's field, the prediction seemed to be a foregone conclusion being at the start the Genoese Emma Quail, national marathon team member and veteran of the team gold medal in the recent European championships in Zurich, however even though Quaglia (Cus Genova) won with a time of 35’29” she had to struggle to hold off her teammate Laura Papagna, runner-up with an excellent 36’11” and Moroccan athlete Khadija Arafi (Genoa City Group) with 36’34”. In fourth place was the Italian marathon champion. Claudia Jasmine (Atletica Palzola ) with a time of 37’01”.
Also beautiful was the race of the youngest, the kid run, around the walls of Loano for a total of one kilometer. Coming out on top were the two children of Corrado Bado and Ornella Ferrara who won the women's race respectively: Aurora Bado 3’25” and the men's Riccardo Bado (2’47”).
Awards ceremony in the magnificent setting of the Prince's Garden with host Robert Giordano, star of the program “Running for the World,“ who entertained the audience between award ceremonies.
Appointment at the September 2015 for the ninth edition which will almost certainly count as unique evidence of the Italian Veterans Dello Sport Championship.
