Athletics World Championships, the 4×100 qualifies but gets injured Tortu- Corriere.it

The Olympic champion blue 4×100 relay in Tokyo 2020 will go to World Cup in Budapest in August (August 19-27). The nightmare of non-qualification vanished, the excellent 38”04 with which the Azzurri (Rigali, Tortu, Patta and Ceccarelli in the final stage) ran practically alone at Grosseto in an ad hoc organized test, qualifying ex officio, state for marred by an injury to Pippo Tortu
which after the exchange collapsed to the ground for a muscle trouble: it could be an arm problem caused by a fall that occurred after the baton was handed over.

While awaiting updates on the health of the Milanese sprinter, it should be noted that – even without Jacobs and Desalu – that of the Azzurri is the third time ever in the history of our relays after the 37″50 and 37″95 of the final and the semifinal in Tokyo.