ATHLETICS. In Taranto, sprinters Marek, Rigali, and Pavese will immediately take to the track for the 100 meters, followed by Parolini (5,000), Dezza (200), and Colli (3,000 steeplechase).
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Reading time less than a minute.At the 2026 Mediterranean Games, the moment for athletics is about to arrive, which will take place from August 30 to September 3, and the Bergamo movement will be represented by six athletes. The first to take to the track will be three sprinters, all competing on Sunday the 30th in the heats and possible finals of the 100 meters. They are Eric Marek, Roberto Rigali , and Alessia Pavese.
Marek, 23 years old from the Army, raised at Atl. Bergamo 59 Oriocenter, has run the 100 meters in 10.20 seconds this season and has his sights set on the Bergamo record in the specialty, just one hundredth away. On Monday the 1st, there will be the 4×100 relay. The same program applies to Rigali (Carabinieri-Bergamo Stars), called up a week ago to replace Samuele Ceccarelli. For Pavese, 28-year-old air force member from Villa di Serio called up for the 100 meters and 4×100, there will be an opportunity for redemption after the missed medal at the last European Championships.
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In the following days, the other Bergamo athletes will also take to the track: Sebastiano Parolini (5,000 meters, Vertovese Alpine Group), Filippo Dezza (Bergamo Stars), 21-year-old from Brembate Sopra and Italian absolute champion of the 200 meters, and Gaia Colli, 27-year-old from the Carabinieri who grew up in the Atl. Valle Brembana uniform (3,000 steeplechase).
Sunday the 30th schedule
At 18:10 women’s 100 heats, Alessia Pavese; at 18:25 men’s 100 heats, Eric Marek and Roberto Rigali; at 19:55 possible women’s 100 final, Pavese; at 20:05 possible men’s 100 final, Marek and Rigali.
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