The movies list in which heel and toe appears

Posted on 30 April, 202121 October, 2021 by Flora Tadonasse

In Italian cinema productions the racewalking rarely appeared, compared to other sports disciplines, most of the time in a comical way. Everyone should remember the "little marathon" (in italian "maratonina") of the film Mamma mia che impressione (1951, directed by Roberto Savarese), with a blond Alberto Sordi in race together with real racewalkers of the period who acted as extras. Among these Mario Lelli (famous for having set the world record for racewalking backwards in 1952), Carlo Bomba (k...

“Takeaway” the new film about love, doping and racewalking

Posted on 29 April, 202130 April, 2021 by Flora Tadonasse

A feature film shot entirely in Terminillo, the Guidobaldi Stadium and the City of Rieti; this is Takeaway, produced by Alfredo Federico and Simona Banchi for 39 FILMS srl and Interzone Pictures. Il director Renzo Carbonera (Resina and the short film La penna di Hemingway) kicked off a few days ago the filming of the movie that will be about racewalking, doping and a love story between revenge and redemption. The territory of Rieti was not only used for filming, but also for the scouting of seco...

Alex Schwazer thinks we are fools?

Posted on 13 March, 202113 March, 2026 by Flora Tadonasse

May be Alex Schwazer believes us stupid and forgetful. It is not enough for him to appear everywhere (newspapers, Sanremo and numerous other TV appearances), will also come a television series which will be "freely" taken from new book in which Sandro Donati will tell us about the "world conspiracy against Alex Schwazer"; obviously from the point of view of an alleged WADA consultant. Yesterday further and avoidable 10 minutes of interview in the well-known TV show"Le Iene", than with the repor...