Alex Schwazer returns to the race, half marathon in Alessandria

Alex Schwazera 41 years oldreturns to the race and this time it does so on the occasion of a historic ‘first’ for the marciail Absolute Italian championship over 21 kilometersthe half marathon. Sunday on South Tyrolean walker of Calice di Racines will be competing ad Alexandriaprecisely on the circuit created in via Tancredi Duccio Galimberti near the Comunale stadium.

The one about 21 km it’s one novelty for the program of world march that right from 2026 introduced the distances of the half marathon21,097 kilometers, and of marathon42,195 km, as happened in the race. The ‘heel-toe’ discipline which has given him so many satisfactions and medals Italian sportafter abandoning the legendary 50 km and trying to survive with the 20 and 35 km for both men and women, now involves combining it with the lengths of running races.

Schwazer’s career and comeback

Schwazerfollowed in preparation by the former professional cyclist Domenico Pozzovivo after almost ten years of collaboration with Sandro Donati (now deputy technical director of Italian athletics), was a specialist in both 20 km (European gold 2010 posthumously due to the disqualification of a Russian athlete for doping) which above all of 50 km (Olympic gold in Beijing 2008).

The European master record after disqualification

Schwazerwhich after him eight-year ban for doping finished in July 2024competes for the Asd Athletics San Biagiolast year he returned to competitions. On September 6th at the Coni camp in Bolzano, on the occasion of the Individual regionals of Trentino Alto Adigehad established the new European master record of 10,000 meters of track walking closing in 38’34″07. A time trial that entered fourth place in the Italian all-time ranking, the third of 2025.