Italian runner Cosimo Caliandro dies in motorcycle accident

Cosimo Caliandro, the Italian distance runner and 2007 European indoor 3000m champion, was killed in a road accident in southern Italy.

• Caliandro died after his motorcycle collided with a truck in his hometown of Francavilla Fontana, southern Italy.
• He won the European indoor 3000m title in Birmingham in 2007.
• Caliandro was the 2001 European junior champion in the 1500m.
• He had begun competing in longer-distance events from 2010.