Turin, 10 March (LaPresse) – ‘We are trying to make what was previously an exception become normality. The most important thing of these European Championships is the sign of the continuity of this group of girls and boys who, while leaving all the Olympic champions at home, know how to assert themselves, excel in Europe. Zaynab Dosso gave us a historic gold: for the first time in the history of Italian athletics, a woman won an international competition in the indoor 60 metres. And she won it by dominating the race'. These are the words of the technical director of the national athletics team Antonio La Torre, host of Radio Anch'io Sport on Rai Radio 1, on the final balance of the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Italy ended the European event with six medals, in second place in the medals table. Among them was Larissa Iapichino's gold in the long jump. ‘I think it's the turning point. I never stopped believing in Larissa's potential. When she failed, she came fourth at the Olympics. The eyes I saw will be an expression of a very strong competitive presence of Larissa, who is a candidate to be the long distance runner to beat along with Mihambo,' assured La Torre.