The Ambassadors for Sport at the Pisa Marathon in memory of Gianluca Mastinu
The Asti Ambassadors for Sport of the city of Asti took part in the 22nd Pisa marathon. The race took place on Sunday 19 December and saw a thousand runners from different parts of Italy at the start.
“The competition starts and arrives in the famous square or meadow of miracles, so named for the four artistic masterpieces called the miracles which are the baptistery, the cathedral, the cemetery and the bell tower or the famous inclined tower.”Says the spokesman of the group Angelo Marchione who continues with the chronicle of the competition. “For the record, the race was won by the Rwandan SIMUKEKA JEAN BAPTISTE who set the time of 2:20:30. Best female athlete Kenyan JEROTICH LENAH with 2:37:28. The best of Asti was Stefano Robazza of ASD GATE-CRAL INPS with a time of 2:59:17. Other Ambassadors for sport from Asti also participated in the race including Gambino Davide, Pinna Alessandro, Narciso Michele and Chiaranda Gianfranco also from ASD GATE-CRAL INPS, Zaccone Vittorino and Turello Naldo from Brancaleone, Lazzaro Nicola from DLF and Marchione Angelo from Vittorio Alfieri . “
On the occasion, the Ambassadors brought greetings from the city of Asti to Simone Ferrisi and Sergio Costanzo, president of the organizing committee and deputy of the Pisa Marathon, to whom they gave the city pennant and the books “In punta di Matita” by Antonio Guarene and ” Running around the world -12 years of marathons ”by the Ambassadors. The organizers donated a commemorative medal for Gianluca Mastinu who ran his last marathon in Pisa in 2018. “Unfortunately Gianluca left us a few days ago struck down by a long and fatal illness. – is the memory of the group of runners. In 2019 he was awarded a certificate of merit by the Ambassadors and the municipality of Asti for the commitment and courage in having faced a demanding and exhausting race which is the marathon despite his weak physical conditions. ” The Asti runners running in Pisa wanted to remember and honor the “Marathon runner” Gianluca in this way. “
Gianluca Mastinu after the New York Marathon