European Athletics Championships, Crippa d’oro in the half marathon. According to Riva who greets the German while overtaking: the video is viral
ROME – Italy also dominates in the half marathon of the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Yeman Crippa won the gold medal in 1h01'03 ahead of another Italian, Pietro Riva. Bronze for the German Amanal Petros. The performance of the Azzurri was therefore extraordinary, protagonists of absolute domination with two golds and a silver. To Italy, in fact, […]
ROME – Italy also dominates in the half marathon of the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Yeman Crippa won the gold medal in 1h01’03 ahead of another Italian, Pietro Riva. Bronze for the German Amanal Petros. The performance of the Azzurri was therefore extraordinary, protagonists of absolute domination with two golds and a silver. In fact, Italy also won the team gold.
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Yeman Crippa signed his success by extending at the entrance to the Olympic stadium after a hard-fought race along a route that touched some of the most evocative points of the capital – from the Altare della Patria to Piazza Navona , from Castel Sant’Angelo to Piazza San Pietro, up to the circuit along the Lungotevere, imposing himself in 1h01:03 over 21.097 kilometres. A new success for the Trentino champion, multiple Italian record holder, in his second continental title after the one two years ago in the 10,000 on the track. The double thanks to a fantastic Pietro Riva: the Piedmontese managed to place second with 1h01: 04, overtaking the German Amanal Petros on the final straight. On the team podium, behind Italy, silver medal went to Israel and bronze to Germany.
THE VIRAL VIDEO OF RIVA SAYING HELLO TO THE GERMAN
In just a few minutes it went viral: Pietro Riva greeted the German rider after overtaking him in the final straight. A ‘bye bye’ that divided social media: there were those who saw it as a playful gesture not to be repeated and those who laughed at it. “My gesture? It was to say that I was going, I didn’t want to mock anyone, neither him nor the German athletes. I admire him very much, I will offer him pizza or five kilos of Nutella”, says Riva who was cautioned for ‘unsportsmanlike’ with a yellow card.
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