Nadia Battocletti is in the history of European athletics. The Italian won gold at the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Türkiye. Battocletti, in addition to being the first Italian to win the overall continental gold, is the first European in 30 editions to have triumphed in all three categories, under 20, under 23 and overall.
Battocletti with once again perfect race conduct from a technical-tactical point of view, at the ‘Dokumapark’ of the Turkish city, won in 25’43, preceding the German Konstanze Klosterhalfen by 11 seconds and the Turkish Yasemin Can by 11 seconds in the long final sprint. 18 which stood out throughout the race. This season Battocletti won two golds at the European Championships in Rome (5000 and 10,000 metres) and Olympic silver in the 10,000 meters at the Paris Olympics. In addition to Battocletti’s gold, Italy also won the team classification based on the placings of the other Italians. Italy first with 33 points, Great Britain second with 36 and Belgium third with 46.
Battocletti, the word for this 2024 is inspiration
“The word for this 2024 is inspiration. For today I took inspiration from the great Andrea Lalli who until now had been the only one to complete the famous hat-trick and I’m happy to have done it too. What I’m doing day after day is thanks to the efficiency and professionalism of all my staff and the many fans who give me so much support: when I experience complex days, I think of them and find the energy.” This is the comment of Nadia Battocletti who today, by winning gold in the absolute category of the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, became the first woman in Europe to have won the continental title at least once in all categories, under 20, under 23 and senior.
Battocletti, Olympic silver in the 10,000 meters and double continental gold on the track in Rome (5000-10,000), dominated today by finishing the 7,834 meters of the race in 25’32, leaving behind the German Konstanze Klosterhalfen and the Turkish Yasemin Can. “I didn’t expect a race like this, with the escape of the French Trapp – added the Trentino middle-distance runner trained by her father Giuliano and registered for the Fiamme Azzurre – I thought it would be pretty tough but not that I had to chase, then control, then start again. I rarely like to be behind, I want to have the situation under control.”
Speaking of the team gold achieved also thanks to the decisive placings of Elisa Palmero thirteenth and Ludovica Cavalli nineteenth, Nicole Reina twenty-eighth, Valentina Gemetto thirty-ninth and Federica Del Buono fifty-third, Battocletti said: “Very happy for this team gold which is historic, this The national team went really well, there are excellent young people and I’m so happy because the results always have positive consequences on the whole movement.” Nadia Battocletti will close 2024 on the streets near her home (she is from Cavareno in Trentino), on December 31st in Bolzano on the occasion of the traditional BOClassic.