European Games, 4×100 silver relay, Italy first in the standings – Corriere.it

The dark faces the fast blue relay runners on the track of the Silesian Stadium are the best testimony of how much it is matured our athleticism. happened that 5 minutes before taking to the track
Faustino Desalu froze due to a ferocious contracture. without panic, the almost rookie Marco Ricci, born in 2001, lined up in the third fraction to receive the baton from the other novice Samuele Ceccarelli, primed by Patta, and deliver it to Filippo Tortu.

Emotion, crushed changes, various pastries but third place in a decent 38”47 behind Germany and Great Britain, then disqualified. In recent times we would have jumped for joy at having made a big deal out of a possible disaster instead Tortu (fraction of 9”21) he explained that the group was sad for Desalu and very disappointed not to have won the race and lowered the time needed to go to the World Cup.

This is the Italy of athletics which is dominating a continental ranking ever won in the event’s 58-year history with 35.5 points ahead of Great Britain and 37.5 points ahead of the Polish hosts.

Alexander’s Italy Hiss that has won the 400m hurdles in good weather (48”14).of the 18-year-old Mattia Furlani second only to the Olympic champion Tentoglou in the long jump with a 7.97 against the wind but also ofsilver by Ayomide Folorunso in the 400hs (54”79) and del bronze by Ottavia Cestonaro in the triple. Well done also Pietro Arese, 4 in a 1500 meters asphyxiated by the Spanish champion Kadir.

even the working-class and humble Italy of the 4×100 women who loses the baton but not the head in the second change: Kaddari and Bongiorni go back, pick up and pass the stick correctly and arrive at the finish line 10″ late from the others to bring their dot. And as fortune favors the bold, Great Britain eliminates itself with an out-of-sector change. And to think that our big names only take the field on Sunday: drums in the top, Weir in weight, Tortu in the beloved 200, Larissa Iapichino in the long and Crippa in the 5000m. A historic victory within reach and never as in this case will it be a success for all Italian athletics.