The national teams will start on Sunday 19 October for the “Corsa dei Castelli” – International Road Race Running Match u.23
The event wears the prestigious World Athletics Road Race Label
The U23 teams from 17 nations are expected
TRIESTE – Just two years after the start of a new challenge, ASD Promorun, which in collaboration with the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) organizes the “Corsa dei Castelli” – International Road Race Running Match u.23 10k, an event included in the World Athletics calendar, announces a huge milestone, the recognition of the World Athletics Road Race Label for the third edition scheduled for October 19th, 2025.
“Corsa dei Castelli” – International Road Race Running Match u.23 10k
That this would be an event destined for success was in the air since the first edition, in 2023, when the Italian flag was raised in Trieste with a gold for the men’s team and a silver for the women’s team.
The second edition, which took place last October 2024, saw the participation of nine nations, Denmark, France, England, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland and Italy, each of which fielded four female athletes and four male athletes. An announced success due to the strong commitment of Promorun that pursued it by working hard also participating with an exhibition stand at the European Athletics Championships that took place in Rome in June, precisely to invite the U23 national teams.
The numbers of the last edition count about a hundred presences, including athletes and accompanying officials, enrolling Trieste in excellence and as the only reality in Italy capable of involving foreign U23 national teams. Furthermore, the strong vocation of this city as a cultural crossroads and reality capable of promoting sports culture at the highest levels was confirmed.
World Athletics Label Road Race
The third edition, scheduled for Sunday 19th October 2025, begins its journey in the wake of a major announcement, thanks to the awarding of the prestigious Label Road Race by World Athletics, the world athletics federation.
“We are thrilled to have obtained this very important recognition” – began Silvia Gianardi, President of Asd Promorun. “It is a sign that we believed in the right project and we worked well thanks also to the collaboration of partners and institutions that have undertaken this path with us”.
“With the World Athletics Label Road Race, our event is among the most important world-class events, thus attracting the best athletes from all over the world. I thank FIDAL for having contributed to the organization of this event which is a great opportunity for Italy”, continued the Technical Director of the Race and former Italian athlete Michele Gamba. “The enthusiasm is sky-high, we will work in this vein with even greater commitment to create an extraordinary event”, concluded the representatives of ASD Promorun.
The schedule
Two days of events, Saturday 18 October will see the opening ceremony and presentation of the national teams in the presence of local and regional institutions and representatives of the Italian Athletics Federation. Spectacle guaranteed thanks to the double start on Sunday 19 October, when the athletes of the U23 national teams will set off from Miramare Castle ten minutes before the athletes taking part in the traditional Corsa dei Castelli, following which there will be the start for the participants of the Ten Non Competitive on a shared route with arrival at San Giusto Castle. The last to leave the starting line will be those registered for the Family Run 8 km who will end their efforts in Piazza Unità. At the end of the “Corsa dei Castelli” – International Road Race Running Match u23, the awards ceremony will take place for the first three men and the first three women in the individual ranking, and for the first three nations in the team ranking, obtained by adding the scores of the first three athletes to the finish line for each team.
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