XTERRA Dolomiti di Brenta Trail 2023 – THE RESULTS

Winners of the seventh edition, Federico Nicolini improves the 64km’s record

At the start of the seventh edition, in front of Lake Molveno, stood nearly 800 athletes from 22 nations. At stake is winning theXTERRA European Trail Run Championships, the European finals of the circuit of which the 45- and 21-kilometer races on the program are a part, and entering the most classic of the Dolomiti di Brenta Trail, the 64-kilometer race, on the palmares. The mild temperatures contributed in the achievement of low average times, igniting challenges among the strongest female and male athletes.

Protagonist of the day is Federico Nicolini (6:52:52), already holder of a record on the 45km, who with a very high pace from the first kilometers, gains 11 minutes on the previous record holder, Enzo Romeri. On podium of the 64km also the unfailing Christian Modena, with 7:44:24 (on the podium of the Dolomiti di Brenta Trail in all editions) and Diego Angella (7:53:24).

Among women on the top stands Giulia Jedrejcic, with an excellent time of 10:13:13. In second and third place were Anita Mazzai (10:46:55) and Valentina Moderana (10:47:28), separated by a few seconds. The European women’s XTERRA 45km title goes to Andree Merli (6:15:02), while second and third places go to Marika Zeni (6:24:50) and Magda Moroni (6:46:24).

Instead, the men’s European men’s trail run XTERRA title in the 45km goes to Scotland, with the performance of David Haunschmidt (4:48:05), who in the second half of the race manages to pull away from Michele Meridio (4:53:10) and Giuseppe Matteo Breda (5:16:02), who is also already on the podium in 2022.

For the 21km, a novelty of this edition, men’s podium for Italian-South African Rocco Zizzamia (1:57:03), first runner-up and European XTERRA champion on the half marathon, Alessandro Ghizzardi (1:59:13) and Luca Troncar (2:05:48); among women, Maltese Mikaela Borg (2:36:22) won, followed by Sara Casari (2:41:51) and Noemi Casari (2:42:27).

For the new DUO category, the 21km victory goes to the pair consisting of Alessandro Gaetti and Gaia Gasparini, while Serena Marchi and David Panizza are the winners in the 45km.

Molveno is now preparing to host the XTERRA world championship finals, Sept. 21-24, which will bring the strongest triathletes on the circuit to the foothills of the Dolomites. Once again the breathtaking peaks of the Brenta Mountains were the setting for a race that in just a few years has become a classic.

“Careful organization, territory and passion: the ingredients we put in since the first edition, without distorting ourselves. Nice to see that every year the level of athletes rises, but above all to know that those who participate fall in love with these mountains and this event. The 21km has brought many new participants, from Italy and abroad. We are proudly in our seventh edition, and each year marks a small step on a path of improvement,” says Alessandro Bettega, of the organizing committee.

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