2008

More than 6.000 spectators attended the 9th edition of the Memorial Primo Nebiolo: 17 competitions for two hours of great athletics in the Savoy Capital.

Great absent in the pole vault the long-awaited Giuseppe Gibilisco who – just a few hours before the event - announced he couldn’t be present because of health problems (and of a missed medical check)- just like Andrew Howe who chose colder climates: the Italian protagonist was once again Antonietta Di Martino, who, even if she could not repeat last year’s great performance (2,02 m, Italian record) stopping at 1,90 m and winning the bronze medal, was capable of enflaming the audience’s hearts.

The bad weather surely made the competitions harder than usual, especially the races: nonetheless the King of the Meeting was the young Cuban Athlete Dayron Robles, who won the 110 hurdles in 13”28 and, one week after the Memorial Primo Nebiolo, realized the world record of 12”87 and won the Olympic gold medal in Beijing.

2008 has also been the year of the relays: the Meeting of Torino was valid for the Olympic qualifications, both for the 4x100 men’s and women’s and the 4x400 women’s. The Meeting proved to be of great importance for all the athletes who were training for the Golden league and the Beijing Olympics: an important test for many of them and a not-to-be-missed appointment for their fans.

Next appointment will be in 2009, the 10th anniversary of the death of the unforgettable Primo Nebiolo.


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