More than 1.400 participants for the two days dedicated to the mountain run in Alta Valtellina
On Saturday 25th July took place the 16th edition of Stralivigno, the running competition entirely at high altitude organized by APT Livigno in collaboration with the Amateur Sports Association Marathon Club High Altitude. And yesterday was the turn of Ministralivigno, the running event dedicated to children and teenagers up to 17 years.
The 433 young participants, divided into 8 categories, ran yesterday along a circular course with distances varying from 100 meters up to 2 kilometers starting and arriving at Plaza Placheda. A big party dedicated to children with entertainment and animation, which ended in style with a prizegiving and some gadget to all those who took part in the race.
With the Ministralivigno subscribers and the Stralivigno participants has achieved a registrations’ record of 1471 runners. This is the best result ever recorded in the two days dedicated to running in The Little Tibet. In fact the data confirms 712 participants in international FIDAL race, 139in the non-competitive half marathon and 187 pairs who took part in the relay.
Even this year the competitive half marathon was dominated by the strong Kenyan runners, from the Austrian team Run2together. The winner is Simon Kiruthi Muthoni who on his debut to Stralivigno, has finished the race in 1 hour 13' and 44’’. In the female category the gold medalist is Veronicah Njeri Maina (1 ora 22’ 20”). Excellent performance of the Italian athlete Lorenza Banchetti, who reached the finish line in 1 hour 38' 00’’. The first Italian athlete who cross the finish line was Graziano Zugnoni (sixth place - 1 hour 23' 23).
Also of note the excellent results of the two athletes from Livigno Giovanna Confortola and Gianluigi Martinelli, who finished the race respectively in the seventh and the nineteenth place, confirming themselves as the golden couple of Livigno.
Alongside the top runners were put into play lots of amateurs, who were able to live the thrilling experience of running at high altitude by participating at the 21 km non-competitive and at the relay race in pairs. The track, which snakes along the enchanting valley of Livigno,has started and ended at Aquagranda Livigno Sports Fitness Centre, at an altitude of 1,816 meters.
See you next year with the 17th edition of Stralivigno
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