The midsummer running classic once again attracts the attention of enthusiasts and insiders and presents itself with a respectable field of participants for both women and men. In Sant’Ambrogio, a hamlet of Cefalù, everything is ready to welcome the stars of international athletics and challenges are awaited that will mark the start of the next World Championships in Specialty Disciplines that will be held in Budapest in a few days. The race takes place at night and starts at 21:00 on Saturday 19 August.
The event, organized by the Ascd Ambrosiana in collaboration with the local Pro Loco, will feature both the men who will compete for the Nino Incaprera Trophy and ten laps of the almost a thousand meter long ring. Both the women and , will attempt to win the ‘Rita Atria Trophy, the Sicilian Women’s Race’, the highlight of the night’s running, over the distance of six laps.
From the highest technical level of the edition that we are about to experience. There will also be a number of athletes who will use the Sicilian event as training for their participation in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Many international stars are ready to guarantee the show.
Unique in Sicily, the international women’s race of Sant’Ambrogio promises excellent challenges. Clementine Mukandanga will be there for the fifth time to try and convince her trio after the successes of 2018 and 2019. The Rwandan athlete, who will compete in Budapest next week, did not want to give up his presence in his beloved Sicilian village. Kenya’s Nancy Kerubo Kerage will be looking forward to an encore from last season. The tricolor is represented by Giulia Aprile. The multiple Italian champion in the 1500m and 3000m is ready to make life difficult for the two favorites, also young Burundian Angelique Niyonemera and Kenyan Mercyline Jeronoh.
As for the men, the focus will be on Burundian rabbit Olivier Irabaruta, who is ready for the Magyar World Cup and will have to face off against his compatriot Celestin Ndikumana, winner of the Diecimiglia del Garda, and Rwandan Jean Baptiste Simukeka, a veteran of road races, with the Kenyan Simon Kibet Loitanyang, with the Ethiopian of Italian nationality Neka Crippa, fresh from the excellent sixth place in Castelbuono and with the arrow of the Italian cross Wilson Marquez. Among the underdogs ready to start an attacking race is Italy’s Soumalia Diakite.
The running event will be broadcast live on the Himeralive.it and Cefaluweb.com websites.
