Five European medallists will lead the Italian home challenge at the prestigious 93rd Cinque Mulini cross country race on Sunday (23).
Iliass Aouani, who won the marathon at the inaugural European Running Championships in Brussels-Leuven in April and the went on to win marathon bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, is entered for the men’s race.
He will be joined by at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event by Pietro Arese, 1500m bronze medallist at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships and the last leg runner as Italy won the mixed relay at the Antalya 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships.
Plus, Osama Zoghlami who won bronze in the 3000m steeplechase at the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships.
In the short-course races, Arese’s Antalya 2024 team mates Marta Zenoni and Sebastiano Parolini will take on the women’s and men’s events respectively.
