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FRIDAY, MAY 17TH THE 8TH EDITION OF SARDINIA TRAIL STARTS FROM URZULEI

Urzulei (NU), May, 15th, 2019. Friday, May, 17th at 8.45 A.M. from Urzulei - Campo Oddeu (NU) the eighth edition of the Sardinia Trail starts, an international event scheduled until Sunday, May, 19th in the splendid setting of the uncontaminated territories of Ogliastra, from the mountain to the sea.
This year the Sardinia Trail finds synergies with the experimental project "Sentieri di libertà" (“Paths of Freedom”), the trekking-therapy project, conceived by Dr. Alessandro Coni of the Mental Health Centre of the ASSL of Sanluri and the Andalas de Amistade association, which in 2016 has "invaded" the Ussassai, Ulassai and Osini countries with 250 "walkers" involving patients, experts and mental health workers who have discovered the Ogliastra routes.
This experience is going to be repeated this year from June 27th to 30th, by communities of the Ogliastran “Tacchi”.
And, in fact, a delegation of Sentieri di Libertà is to be present at the last stage's start of Sardinia Trail: the Tertenia-Gairo-Cardedu‎, on Sunday, May 19th. The walkers will be led by Dr. Mariella Zoncheddu, one of the doctors, who follows the project "Sentieri di Libertà" since its inception. To sum up, it is a first exit before the second meeting in June.
On Friday, beginning at 6.45 P.M. at the Hotel Saraceno in Tortolì, the documentary "Andalas de Libertade" will be presented, always in the presence of a delegation of the members of the project.

Once again the Sardinia Trail attracts athletes from all over Europe: Austria, Germany, Belgium, Iceland, Poland and Switzerland that will try to steal the title from the strong Italian athletes.

This year the athletes to be defeated are the Poles Bartosz Gorczyca (ITRA 834) and Ewa Majer (ITRA 716), protagonists of the most important running events in recent years.

The two Polish athletes, companions in life, were the masters of the Marganai Trail 2019 in March and won the overall men's and women's rankings.

Ewa Majer, winner last year of the "Bieg 7 Dolin" of 100 km and of the "Ehunmilak Ultra-Trail" of 55;

Bartosz Gorczyca, who "returns" on the routes of Ogliastra is, in fact, the ruler of the 2018 edition of the Ultratrack Supramonte Seaside 2018 which runs along the routes of the Supramonte of Baunei. The foreign athlete also won the "Chudy Wawrzyniec 2018" of 83 km.

The third and last stage on Sunday is also valid for the championship classification "Challenges Sardinian Paths".

The route will involve the territories of 6 municipalities: Tortolì, a logistics base for all three days of competition; Urzulei, theater of the first stage; Arzana and Desulo of the second and Cardedu, Gairo and Tertenia of the third.

The route involves the territories of 6 municipalities: Tortolì, logistics base for all the three days of competition; Urzulei, theatre of the first stage, Arzana and Desulo of the second one and Cardedu, Gairo and Tertenia of the third one.

First stop: Urzulei-Urzulei Km. 29.7
Second stage: Arzana-Desulo-Arzana - Km. 42
Third stage: Tertenia-Gairo-Cardedu Km. 26.8

The Sardinia Trail is an international event that allows you to promote the territory of Ogliastra along a difficult but suggestive path that goes from the mountain to the sea, unique in its kind. A competition, therefore, which - in addition to the champions - attracts numerous fans of this discipline in our territory, thus becoming the vehicle for the discovery of the beauties of our island.

So we expect a difficult and spectacular race that is going to take place on a total of 100 km, passing from the Gennargentu to the Seleni wood to reach the enchanting beaches of Tertenia, Gairo and Cardedu: as the motto of the event "a paradise to run".
The event is organized by Good Looking Entertainment Sport with the contribution of the departments of Tourism and Sport of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and the Municipalities of Urzulei and Cardedu and with the collaboration of the municipalities of Arzana, Desulo for the second stage, Gairo and Tertenia for the third one, and the Hoka ONE ONE, technical shoes company.

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