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The expression Italian popular music refers to the musical output which is not usually considered academic or Classical music but rather has its roots in the popular traditions, and it may be defined in two ways: it can either be defined in terms of the current geographical location of the Italian Republic with the exceptions of the Germanic South Tyrol and the eastern portion of Friuli Venezia Giulia; alternatively, it can be defined as the music produced by all those people who consider themselves as Italians and openly or implicitly refer to this belief. Both these two definitions are very loose: due to the complex political history of the Italian Peninsula and the different independent political states, cultural and linguistic traditions which sprang within them, it is rather difficult to define what may be considered to be truly Italian. Since before the formation of a unified educational system and the spread of information through the radio and the press during the 1920s, all the different cultural and linguistic groups within the country were independent of one another, and a unified Italian country was still only a political or ideological concept far from the daily life.
Giovanni De Benedictis is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at five editions of the Summer Olympics, this like only two others Italian athletes in track and field: the other racewalker champion Abdon Pamich and the sprinter Pietro Mennea. He also won four medals at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup team events.
Gianni Carabelli is an Italian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
The Italian Athletics Federation, is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906.
Caterina Bueno was an Italian singer and folk music historian.
Dariya Derkach is an Italian female long jumper and triple jumper. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Triple jump.
Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970. Titles assigned concern specialties indoors, so for example does not include 3000 meters steeplechase, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw.
Annarita Balzani is a former Italian sprinter.
The World Para Athletics European Championships, known prior to 2018 as the IPC Athletics European Championships is an event organized by World Para Athletics, the international athletics federation established under the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2016. Athletes with a physical disability compete, and there is also a specific category for athletes with an intellectual disability. Organised biennially, the original Games ran from 2003-2005 as an Open Championship but the event was frozen in 2005, but returned in 2012 in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.
The San Marino Athletics Federation is the governing body for the sport of athletics in San Marino.
The Italian Athletics Championships are the national championships for clubs of athletics, organised by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL), that assign every year a scudetto from 1931 (men) and from 1939 (women).
The Potenza metropolitan railway service is a commuter rail system operated by Ferrovie Appulo Lucane. It serves the city of Potenza in the region of Basilicata, Italy.
Leggera was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who produced her best performances in France. As a juvenile, she won two of her four starts including the Listed Prix Saraca on her final start. In the following year she ran well without winning in the early part of the year before taking the Group 2 Prix de Pomone and the Group 1 Prix Vermeille and then produced a career-best performance when running a close second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She was not as successful in 1998 when she won the Doonside Cup in Scotland and finished fourth in her second attempt at Arc de Triomphe. She had no success as a broodmare.
The 2014 Italian Athletics Championships was the 104th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Rovereto from 18 to 20 July 2014.
The 2015 Italian Athletics Championships was the 105th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Turin from 24 to 26 July 2015.
The 2016 Italian Athletics Championships was the 106th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Rieti from 24 to 26 June 2016.
The 2010 Italian Athletics Championships was the 100th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Grosseto from 30 June to 1 July.
The 2009 Italian Athletics Championships was the 99th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Grosseto from 31 July - 2 August.