Stay updated with breaking news from Gianni iapichino. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Teenage long jump sensation Larissa Iapichino on the Olympics and matching her mother's record cnn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Stop comparing me to mum when I have more medals - Iapichino (2) Fiona May s daughter set to make national team debut 04 Marzo 2021 ROME, MAR 4 - Italian long jump sensation Larissa Iapichino said Thursday she dies not expect the comparisons with her mother, twice world champion Fiona May, to stop any time soon. I think the comparisons will stop when I have won more medals than her, the 18-year-old told a video-conference before her debut with the national team at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Iapichino holds the world lead with her recent jump of 6.91 metres in Ancona. But she played down the high expectations of her. ....
Wednesday, 3 March 2021 European Athletics will stage the first multi-discipline championships in the sport since the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic when the 36 th edition of its Indoor Championships start at the Torun Arena in Poland tomorrow. Among the world-class athletes who will be taking advantage of this landmark opportunity will be Norway’s 20-year-old European 1500 and 5,000 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who will seek to earn the 1500-3,000m double that just eluded him at these Championships in Glasgow two years ago. On that occasion, having won the 3,000m title, Ingebrigtsen was tracked and outsprinted to 1,500m gold by Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski, who will contest both events for a host country seeking to top the medal table at the Indoor Championships for a third successive time. ....