When the best compression technologies are combined with genetics, great champions are born who are destined to win—even at 48: kudos to Said Boudalia, who has no intention of stepping down from that podium, and here’s to a thousand more races like this one

After his hard-fought second-place finish last week at the Vicenza Half Marathon, on Sunday, September 25, Said Boudalia, the strong Italian-Moroccan athlete from Team Oxyburn, returned to the top step of the podium at the 16th edition of the San Genesio Half Marathon, which he had previously won in 2015. The Friulian athlete dominated the men’s race, finishing with a time of 1h16’31”, ahead of South Tyrolean Gerd Frick and Gianmarco Bazzoni, who finished nearly three minutes behind.

“In this case as well, the socks provided to me by Oxyburn “They were crucial,” he explained Said After the awards ceremony—: They’ve become a regular part of my routine. I wear them before the race to relax my muscles, during the race to improve blood oxygenation in the muscles, and after to delay the buildup of lactic acid… plus, I haven’t had any physical problems in quite a while… a sign that the compression socks are doing their job excellently.”