Last sub 2:10 was in April 2009 (2:09:53) by Ruggero Pertile.
Before that, they had Baldini, Di Cecco, Caimmi, Pertile... all of them under 2:10
It seems like:
-There's no big incentive to improve for the Italian runners between 2:12/2:15.
-Lack of coaching in Italy? (Canova, Rosas, etc are based in East Africa)
-They have bad results in other sports also. In soccer, they didn't even qualify to the World Cup.
-Economy in the country?
Discuss.