Taddeucci again Queens in the Seine, Paltrinieri bronze

In the men’s race the blue champion Gregorio Paltrinieri won the bronze medal with a time of 55’44″7 at the end of an extraordinary comeback

, which in the 10 km had brought him to the foot of the podium. The gold went to the German Florian Wellbrock (55’40″2), who conceded an encore after his success in the 10 kilometers, while the silver went to the Hungarian David Betlehem (55’42″6). Good performance also for Domenico Acerenza who finished fifth in 55’54″4, while the other Italian Marcello Guidi placed sixth with a time of 55’54″9. “Paris continues to bring me luck, I hope to continue like this. I worked harder than expected, I felt heavy and a little tired after yesterday’s 10km. I was looking for the podium and I didn’t think I would win. It’s always nice to get on the podium together with your teammates, we are a very strong and very long team. With Barbara we know each other very well and in the race we try to help each other a lot”, said the Italian cross-country swimming champion Ginevra Taddeucci after her encore at the European Championships in Paris with gold in the 5 and 10 km.

Taddeucci thus confirms the title won at Stari Grad 2025. A result that expands the Italian history in the women’s five kilometers. Before her, Viola Valli in Berlin 2002 and Rachele Bruni in Dubrovnik 2008, Eilat 2011 and Piombino 2012 had managed to win the European title. The only Italian double in the specialty dates back to Dubrovnik 2008, with Bruni gold and Alice Franco bronze.

“I had been looking for these sensations and emotions for some time.With this joke Gregorio Paltrinieri jokes after the bronze in the 5 km at the European cross-country championships in Paris. “It was a very tough race, I always struggled a lot in the middle. I knew I was strong in the last stretch and then I saw that I was catching Velly. Yesterday I made mistakes more as a person than as an athlete. These are moments in which I lose a bit of confidence and those points of reference to hold on to the race. I can still play it”, added the champion from Carpi. “It’s the first medal in the Seine that I’ve taken. In front of me there are two great athletes who are making history. Being there with them is important even in a season in which I’ve never felt great. Maybe this undermined my confidence a little. However, I played it out in both races in the end.”

“All the little ones who come tell me that I was and am their idol. Everything I have done has raised the level of this sport. Now you can see it. It’s a very high level, a swimming pool level, now many practice the double specialty. It’s nice that there is this competition, I still enjoy it a lot”, he continued the blue that in Los Adds perspective