The Italian 4x100m team winner of the European Cup relay (© Getty Images)
The Italian Athletic Federation (Fidal) announced yesterday in Rome the names of the 44 athletes who will take part in the IAAF World Championships in Paris.
The head coaches Augusto D’agostino and Roberto Frinolli have selected 26 men and 18 women but have also specified that there may well be further additions to the team.
The case of Andrea Longo is the most interesting for the Italian federation as Longo has been granted an extra 2 days to meet the qualification standards for Paris. Longo will compete in Helsinki on 18 August (qualification deadline 16 Aug) after a two-year ban for a positive doping control and will have to run under 1:46 if he wants to make the trip to Paris.
Other athletes pending qualification are Marco Mazza, Paolo Dal Soglio, Cristiano Andrei, Andrea Barberi e Gianni Carabelli.
Italian Team for Paris
Men
200m: Alessandro Cavallaro
1500m: Christian Obrist
3000m Steeple: Angelo Iannelli
110m Hurdles: Andrea Giaconi
High Jump: Alessandro Bettinelli, Nicola Ciotti, Alessandro Talotti Pole Vault: Giuseppe Gibilisco
Long Jump: Nicola Trentin
Triple Jump: Fabrizio Donato
Hammer Throw: Nicola Vizzoni
20km Walk: Alessandro Gandellini, Lorenzo Civallero, Michele Didoni
50km Walk: Marco Giungi
4x100m: Simone Collio, Andrea Colombo, Massimiliano Donati, Francesco Scuderi, Luca Verdecchia
Marathon: Stefano Baldini, Migidio Bourifa, Daniele Caimmi, Alberico Di Cecco, Ruggero Pertile
Decathlon: Paolo Casarsa
Women
400m Hurdles: Monika Niederstaetter
Long Jump: Fiona May
Triple Jump: Barbara Lah, Simona La Mantia, Magdelin Martinez
Shot Put: Assunta Legnante
Hammer Throw: Ester Balassini, Clarissa Claretti
Javelin Throw: Claudia Coslovich
Walk: Rossella Giordano, Elisabetta Perrone, Elisa Rigaudo
Marathon: Lucilla Andreucci, Maria Cocchetti, Rosalba Console, Gloria Marconi, Giovanna Volpato - Substitute: Simona Viola
Heptathlon: Gertrud Bacher
