At the end of the Salento d'Amare 2017 Marathon race, in honor and in memory of their colleague Antonio Orsini, the group of scientific medical informants of Lecce and its province will donate a defibrillator device to the Parabita association and to the city of Parabita.

At the end of a training session, on Saturday 15 October 2016 at 18.30, Antonio Orsini, 61 years old, a scientific informant suffered a sudden illness, after a few moments he collapsed to the ground. The attempts to revive the 61-year-old were useless, there was nothing left for him to do. He leaves behind his wife and two daughters.

“Salento d'amare – memorial Leopizzi”, presented program of the Half marathon

The program of the Regional Half Marathon Championship has been presented. Thousands of athletes from all over Puglia are expected in Parabita on 26 February.

The Apulian regional half marathon championship returns to Salento. It will be Parabita, with the 18th edition of the “Salento d'Amare – IV memorial Pippi Leopizzi” circuit, on Sunday 26 February, who will decree the absolute champion of Puglia over the distance of 21.097 km.

Important promotion for the work of the Podistica Parabita association and of the president Antonio Leopizzi, to which the Fidal Puglia Committee wanted to assign the organization of an important appointment such as the regional master. This was announced by the Federation President Giacomo Leone during the press conference to present the race, which was also attended by Sergio Perchia, Fidal provincial president, Antonio Pascali, Coni provincial delegate, Ottavio Andreani, blue marathon runner for the Fiamme Oro, and Raimondo Orsini, runner and athletic trainer. The journey, a varied route but without too many altimetric variations that give hope for excellent technical performance, will wind through olive groves and historical beauties of four municipalities of Salento: Parabita, Tuglie, Alezio and Sannicola, crossed by a colorful charge of energy and healthy competition . The trophies made ad hoc for the participants and inlaid on olive wood by the master cabinetmaker Carlo Nicoletti are also all from Salento.

The Maratonina Salento d'Amare 2017 also renews every social and cultural commitment that has brought it to the top quality of the Puglia competitions. The parallel path of "Running and Walking to Rosa" (Salento's hematological oncological network) has been confirmed, a non-competitive brisk walk whose proceeds will be entirely donated to the Angela Serra association for cancer research. The race, then, will be dedicated for the fourth consecutive year to the memory of Pippi Leopizzi, to which is added a moving memory of Antonio Orsini, a Parabitan runner who recently passed away due to illness during a training session. At the end of the competition, in his honour, the group of scientific medical informants of Lecce and its province will donate a defibrillator device to the association and to the city of Parabita. The sporting event, sponsored by the Puglia Region and the Municipalities of Parabita, Alezio, Sannicola and Tuglie, is open to the Fidal Juniores, Amateurs, Promises, Masters and Seniors categories. Registration by February 22nd.

Sabato 4 febbraio 2017 – Lecce sette