Highlights from the 2025 Italian Athletics Championships: Fabbri, Furlani, and Lapichino Impress
The 2025 Italian Athletics Championships, held this past weekend in Caorle, Venice, showcased the best of Italian athletics, with several standout performances lighting up the track and field. Leonardo Fabbri made a massive impact, setting the world lead in the shot put. Larissa Lapichino and Mattia Furlani stole the spotlight in the horizontal jumps, delivering an unforgettable performance. With a packed weekend of action, here's a recap of the key moments from this prestigious national event.
Men’s shot put:
Leonardo Fabbri, European champion in Rome and Diamond League winner in Brusssels in 2024, set the world seasonal lead with 22.82m in the fifth round to win his fifth Italian outdoor title. Fabbri improved the previous world lead set by Joe Kovacs with 22.48m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene. Fabbri backed up this result with a second best mark of 22.16m and two more throws beyond the 21 metres barrier (21.44m and 21.63m). Zane Weir placed second with 21.04m ahead of Nick Ponzio (20.38m).
Leonardo Fabbri: “It was good competition after a positive week. I am happy that I threw consistently beyond the 22 metres in the most recent competitions.I learned from the disappointment of the OlympicGames in Paris. I don’t want to miss the chance to win a medal at the World Championships. I lost the rhythm after the first attempt but I was able to remain focused.”
Men’s long long jump:
World indoor champion Mattia Furlani leapt to 8.26m in the sixth round to win his first Italian outdoor senior title in the men’s long jump. Furlani backed up this result with two more marks of 8.01m and 8.17m in the second and third round respectively.
Mattia Furlani: “I have worked very well in training in the past few months. I had ups and downs, but it’s important to remain focused and work for the World Championships in Tokyo. I will compete in two Diamond League meetings in Lausanne and Zurich.”
Women’s long jump:
Larissa Iapichino, European indoor champion in Apeldoorn 2025, leapt to 6.78m (+1.1 m/s) in the fourth round after two fouls and a mark of 6.53m to win her fourth Italian outdoor title in the women’s long jump.
Larissa Iapichino: “It was a pleasure to compete in front of such supportive crowd. I have been training hard and I am not in top shape yet. I have two more Diamond League competitions in Silesia and Zurich”.
Women’s 60 metres:
European 60 metres indoor silver medallist Zaynab Dosso stormed to a win in the women’s 100 metres final in 11.13 after clocking the fastest time in the heats with 11.30 on cool evening during the first day.
Zaynab Dosso: “It was a bit cold. I was careful to warm up well before the race. I learnt from the past as I got injured after the indoor season.”
Men’s 100 and 200 metres:
Eseosa Desalu, Olympic 4x100 relay champion in Tokyo 2021, won his first Italian title in the 100 metres in 10.30 on the first day. Desalu completed the double by winning the 200 metres in 20.66 (+1.2 m/s) during the second day.
Desalu showed his good form a few weeks ago when he set the second fastest time of his career with 20.12 in the 200m in Wetzlar.
Eseosa Desalu: “I was proud to win my first Italian title in the 100 metres. I am not used to doubles. Competing over both distances was a test for me. I will compete in Budapest and Brussels.”
Women’s 1500 metres/5000 metres:
Nadia Battocletti, European champion in the 5000 and 10000m in Rome and Olympic silver medallist in the 10000m in Paris in 2024, launched her kick in the final 600 metres to win her fourth Italian title in the 5000 metres in 15:03.73. Micol Majori and Elisa Palmero improved their PBs to 15:04.32 and 15:06.65.
Battocletti returned to the track to win the double title in the 1500 metres in 4:06.12 ahead of Ludovica Cavalli (4:07.91).
Nadia Battocletti: “I wanted to honour the Italian Championships. My goal was to test my shape over 1500m and 5000m one month before the World Championships. I will train at altitude in August before Tokyo. The 2024 season was a dream come true. It was surreal to win the Olympic gold medal in the 10000m in Paris.”
Men’s 110 metres hurdles:
European champion Lorenzo Simonelli won the men’s 110 metres hurdles setting a seasonal best of 13.18 (+0.7 m/s).
Women’s 100 metres hurdles:
Elena Carraro, European under 23 silver medallist in Espoo 2023, won the women’s 100 metres hurdles in 12.87 holding off Italian record holder Giada Carmassi (13.11).
Women’s 800 metres:
Marta Zenoni won her second Italian title in the women’s 800 metres in 2:00.57 holding off World University Games champion Eloisa Coiro (2:00.66). Zenoni won her first title over this distance ten years ago in 2015 when she was 16.
Men’s 800 metres:
European bronze medallist Catalin Tecuceanu won the men’s 800 metres in 1:47.41 ahead of Francesco Pernici (1:47.68) and Giovanni Lazzaro (1:47.89).
Men’s 1500 metres:
Federico Riva won the men’s 1500 metres in 3:41.53 one week after breaking his own Italian record over the mile distance in Berlin. Pietro Arese finished second in 3:42.58 one day after winning the 5000 metres in 13:47.36.
Women’s 400 metres hurdles:
Alice Muraro followed up her gold medal at the World University Games in Bochum with the Italian title a a PB of 54.57.
Men’s 400 metres hurdles:
European silver medallist Alessandro Sibilio won his fourth Italian title in the men’s 400 metres hurdle in 48.95.
Women’s 400 metres:
Anna Polinari won the women’s 400 metres in 51.77 ahead of Alessandra Bonora (52.24) and Virgina Troiani (52.75).
Men’s 400 metres:
Edoardo Scotti claimed the men’s 400 metres in 45.79 ahead of Vladimir Aceti (46.40). Scotti equalled the Italian record in Madrid with 44.75 and won the bronze medal at the World Universaity Games in Nanjing.
Women’s 200 metres:
Dalia Kaddari won the women’s 200 metres in 23.23 into a headwind of -0.3 m/s.
Men’s triple jump:
European and world indoor champion Andy Diaz won the men’s triple jump with 16.66m in his first competition since his third place at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
Men’s high jump:
Former Italian record holder Marco Fassinotti won the men’s high jump with 2.20m beating European under 23 champion Matteo Sioli on countback.
Women’s triple jump:
World under 20 bronze medallist Erika Saraceni won the men’s triple jump with 13.86m. She decided to end her competition to save energy for the European under 20 Championships in Tampere.
Women’s shot put and discus:
Olympic discus throw finalist Daisy Osakue scored the double victory by winning the shot put with 15.99m and the discus throw with 61.20m.
Women's Hammer throw:
European champion Sara Fantini won her ninth Italian title in the women’s hammer throw with 70,42m.
