Italian Rice Marathon

On May 1st, 2025, Santhià hosted the first edition of the Italian Rice Marathon, organized by the Club Super Marathon Italia. At the start, from Piazza Zapelloni at 9:00 AM, nearly 600 participants were distributed across the three distances of the national FIDAL calendar (marathon, half-marathon, and 10k), accompanied by the Corri-Santhià, a non-competitive walk with proceeds donated to the Fondo Edo Tempia.

In the marathon, Stefano Maino (2:58:19, in his debut at 42.195 km) and Annalisa Liberti took the win. In the half-marathon, victories went to Michele Rossi (Atletica Castello, 1:13:46) and Carlotta Federica Montanera (ASD Podistica Torino, 1:27:24); in the 10k, successes for Matteo Lometti (ASD Brancaleone Asti, 33:27) and Matilde Bonino (Atletica Saluzzo, 38:32). To close the day, panissa for everyone and live music in the heart of Santhià.