Larissa Iappichino, 6.80m and Filippo Tortu, 10.12 at Giulio Ottolia Memorial/Savona!

Larissa Iappichino, photo courtesy Sportdonna.it

Larissa Iappichino is athletic royalty in Italy. Her mother, Fiona May, was Olympic silver at the LJ in both Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). Fiona May took 4 WC medals: gold in Goteborg (1995) and Edmonton (2001), silver in Seville (1999) and bronze in Athens (1997). The mark of 6.80m, set today by Larissa Iappichino, is number 2 on the Italian list. Numero Uno? Well, it’s her Mom, Fiona May, at 7.11m (set in 1998)! A big day in Italy, I must say!

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Iapichino 680, Tortu 10.12

La italianaðŸ‡®ðŸ‡¹ Larissa Iapichino 6.80m (+0.7) en salto de longitud en Savona con âžŠâž aÃ±os

â— Ninguna ðŸšº menor de âžŠâž‘ ha saltado tanto en los Ãºltimos âžŒâž aÃ±os (1984)

â— Es hija de los saltadores Gianni (5.70m y 7.95m) y Fiona May (7.11m y 14.65m)
ðŸ“¹ de @AtleticaItalia pic.twitter.com/MOmAxfWtso

— | JoaquÃn Carmona | (@Jokin4318) July 16, 2020

SAVONA (ITA, July 16): 17-year-old Larissa Iappichino set an Italian junior record of 6.80m (+0.7) to go to second on nation’s all-time list behind her mother, Fiona May. Davide Re won the 400m in a meeting record 45.31 over Vladimir Aceti 45.84 and Edoardo Scotti 46.08. Another meeting record went to Briton Andrew Pozzi in the 110m hurdles with 13.30 (+1.6). Also setting new figures were Filippo Randazzo in the long jump with 8.12m (+1.4) and Leonardo Fabbri in the shot with 21.15m. With a following wind of 1.3, Filippo Tortu beat Lamont Jacobs 10.12 to 10.14 in the 100m. Ivet Lalova-Collio won the 200m in 23.13 (+1.9). Luminosa Boglio the 100m hurdles with 12.86 (+2.5) over Elisa Maria Di Lazzaro 12.89. Teresa Rossi, with 1.87m, beat Elena Vallortigara (1.84m) in the high jump. Also to note 11.30 (+2.0) in the 100 m by Anna Bongiorni, Rebecca Borga clocked 52.98 in the 400 m.

This puts her 10th on Euro U20 all-time list, one place behind her mother @realfionamay69

Iapichino is still only 17. Only 3 women have ever jumped farther at that age

6.98 Heike Drechsler
6.84 Larisa Baluta
6.82 Natalya Shevchenko
6.80 Larissa Iapichinohttps://t.co/MRbfgVmV2W

— Jon Mulkeen (@Statman_Jon) July 16, 2020

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