The experienced athlete from Como, who has been running in Oxyburn’s graduated compression gear for years, returned to the podium on Sunday, January 29, at the Castenaso Cross Country Race in Bologna

by defeating her teammate from Corradini Rubiera, Valentina Facciani, the winner of the 2016 Sportway Lago Maggiore Half Marathon.

After finishing 13th overall—first in the SF40 category—on January 22 at the 85th Cinque Mulini Cross Country Race, Ivana Iozzia, the former 2005 Italian Marathon Champion, 2007, and 2012—and an Oxyburn ambassador for many years —climbed onto the second step of the podium on Sunday, January 29, in the Absolute F category at the Castenaso Cross Country race in Bologna, the first round of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Cross Country Championship.

And so, on a beautiful sunny day, with a temperature of around 10° C, Ivana, with a remarkable display of strength and determination, She finished in second place, just 11” behind the winner, Francesca Bertoni; Valentina Facciani came in third, 40” behind., a teammate of Ivana’s on the Corradini Rubiera team and winner of the Sportway Lago Maggiore Half Marathon on November 6, 2016.

Once again, Iozzia—who last season won the Tre Campanili Half Marathon and finished in an excellent third place at the 2016 Venice Marathon— competed while wearing Oxyburn-branded graduated compression performance underwear, which is excellent not only during physical exertion, but also beforehand, to prepare the muscles for exertion, and afterward, to reduce the risk of cramps.