Italy has qualified its first relay team for the Olympics of Paris 2024. The Men’s 4×100 achieved the goal thanks to second place obtained in the heats of the World Relays, the World Relay Championships being held in Nassau (Bahamas). Only the first two classified in each series obtained a direct ticket to the Games and the most awaited Italian quartet of the day did not disappoint expectations, respecting the prediction of the day before and deserving the ticket for the five-circle event. In three months we will be able to defend the mythological title won in 2021.
Coach Antonio La Torre confirmed the quartet that won the silver medal at the last World Championships. A containment launch of Roberto Rigali (10.63) allows Italy to immediately take second position behind the very favorites USA, driven by a remarkable 10.32 by Courtney Lindsey (seasonal world record holder in the 200 meters). The baton has thus passed into the hands of Marcell JacobsOlympic 100 meters champion who demonstrated great efficiency after last week’s 10.11 in his first individual outing: the Lombard sprinter well impressed on the launch with a good stride, finishing with an excellent 9.04 in the direct clash with Kenneth Bednarek (8.91 for the Olympic silver on the half lap).
Athletics, Italy overflowing with the 4×400 at the World Relays: Folorunso and her teammates qualified for the Olympics!
The Azzurri draw a blank against Brazil and Liberia, falling behind the Americans and moving nimbly towards the Olympics. Lorenzo Patta made a splendid turn in 9.19 (best third fraction of the heat, the American Kyree King expressed himself in 9.31) and has launched a lively Filippo Tortu. With the result in fact safe, the Brianza native managed the situation and has closed the final straight in 9.28, seeing Noah Lyles’ phenomenal solo from afar (8.95 for the World Champion of 100, 200, 4×100). Italy thus finished with a time of 38.14which is still the seventh time in the history of the Bel Paese (remember that the national record is 37.50 with which Patta, Jacobs, Fausto Desalu and Tortu won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics).
Athletics, Italy lights up the World Relays with the men’s 4×400: victory and pass to the Olympics!
The USA won in 37.49 and was promoted to the Games. Brazil (third in 38.79), Joseph Fahnbulleh’s Liberia (fourth in 39.07), South Korea (39.25), Bahamas (39.27), Czech Republic (39.31) and Ghana (disqualified) will have one last chance in the repechage tomorrow they will be giving away the last six passes to the Olympics. Italy will return to the track to play the final against the other teams already admitted to Paris 2024: the USA, France (38.32) and Great Britain (38.36) advanced from the second battery, André De Grasse’s Canada (38.11) and Ryiem Forde’s Jamaica (38.50) promoted from the third, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown’s Japan (38.10) and Zhenye Xie’s China (38.25) emerged from fourth.
2024-05-05 04:16:14
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