May 30, 2024. Pietro Arese rewrites the history of the 1500 meters in Italy. 33 years and seven months later, he surpasses Gennaro di Napoli's 3:32.78. It was September 9, 1990, at the Rieti Meeting. With intelligent race management, Genny overtakes the rising star Morceli to shave two tenths off the previous Italian record, again set by him, at Pescara 1989. Pietro scores 3:32.13, in a very tight race as is the convention in the Diamond League in recent years. We are at the Bislett Games in Oslo, everything is set for the triumph of the local star Ingebrigtsen, who arrives with difficulty, slowed down by recent ailments. 3:29.74 is still the best world performance of the year, beating a great athlete like Cheruyot with a dive. Pietro comes eighth in the wake, overtaking athletes in the final, he eats up the track. Methodical athletics, he was not discouraged by a contact at the start of the race. As always, he built his performance step by step. Here as on the training field. A cool head that he has maintained for years.
"Getting to do less than an athletics legend like Gennaro di Napoli is something that got inside me. I can only say thanks to all those people who were with me on the track and held my hand for 1500 meters, those who there are and those that are no longer there. Now in these times we can think for something really good: it's all the result of the mentality I've always had of taking one step at a time, without overdoing it, always looking for goals within my reach."
Pietro always took steps forward. The first time under 4 minutes at 16, under 3:50 at 18, under 3:40 at 21, and now, at 24, he is calmly starting to aim for 3:30. As times have decreased, tactical awareness has also grown, an intelligence on the track that has translated into fourth place at the European Championships in Munich, or the recent seventh at the World Indoor Championships. He is the point of reference for the rebirth of Italian fast middle distance running. 3:32 is exceptional, of course, even more so if we consider that six years ago it was difficult to get below 3:36. But technological advances in shoes, tracks and training have significantly leveled the upper echelons and brought European athletes back into vogue. Last year, 25 dipped below 3:32, 13 from the old continent. And even in our small way, Federico Riva, Ossama Meslek, and many others come forward to claim their share of glory. Never before have you had to push yourself to emerge in the 1500s.
The best gift to Italian athletics in recent years, excluding the triumphs of individual phenomena, is the wave effect that pushes everyone, and which has freed us from the inferiority complex with other nations. "Having more than one hundred Italians at the European Championships in Rome will be incredible: 116 athletes who in recent years have demonstrated that they have a great team spirit. We will give each other a lot of support." A wave effect that began when Giomi was still there at the Under20 European Championships in Grosseto 2017, and which continues to renew itself with old and new generations ready to set the stands of the Olimpico on fire.
Happy European Championships, and long live athletics.
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