Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake da shekaru 37, aikin aikin ya tilasta masa ya dauki shekara guda. A shekara mai zuwa, a cikin 1969, ya yi tsammanin sabunta katin wasansa tare da FIDAL, hukumar Italiya ta Italiya, amma "Dokokin Tarayya" na Tarayya Mataki na 8, Sashe na 1 ya hana yin rajistar 'yan wasa sama da shekaru 35 waɗanda suka yi hutu a gasar. Yayin da ya ci gaba da fafatawa a tseren hanya, ya ɗauki dogon yaƙi da matsin lamba ga Shugaban FIDAL na lokacin Primo Nebiolo don tabbatar da ƙwarewarsa kuma a ƙarshe ya sami katin sa don ba shi damar ci gaba da gasa. Ana ɗaukar wannan shari'ar a matsayin ginshiƙi don kafa ƙungiyoyin shekaru na Masters a Italiya, gabaɗaya ba a taɓa jin labarin su ba a cikin 1971 kuma buɗe ƙofar ga 'yan wasa da ke gasa ba tare da iyakar shekaru ba. Shekara guda bayan haka, yana da shekaru 41, Acquarone ya gama na biyu, kawai 9 seconds a baya ga wanda ya lashe gasar Italiya ta Marathon a Rassina wanda ya kamata ya cancanci ya gudu a gasar Olympics ta 1972.
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