Overview

• Palmisano said European Athletics and Italy’s federation shared a Birmingham 2026 promo that listed Tokyo 2025 medallists but left out her 35 km race-walk silver.
• She reported phoning the federation president and said the post was taken down after his intervention, with no public apology reported.
• The Olympic champion accused athletics authorities of systematically undervaluing her discipline and treating racewalking as second tier.
• She cited a national team director who failed to mention her medal at a press briefing and noted the result was absent from FIDAL’s website.
• Referencing similar omissions around Rome 2024, she updated her Instagram bio to list her career medals and said she received many messages of support.