European Games: Ceccarelli wins the 100 metres, Italy wins 6 golds and leaps to the top of the medal table

European Games: Ceccarelli wins the 100 metres, Italy wins 6 golds and leaps to the top of the medal table

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Italy leaps to the top of the medal table at the European Games underway in Krakow. The blue selection experienced a triumphal second day: 14 medals of which 6 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. The total thus rises to 7 golds, 7 silvers and 8 bronzes. The greatest satisfactions came from athletics and target shooting. The track races saw Samuele Ceccarelli triumph in the 100 meters with a time of 10.13.

The blue sprinter equaled the personal best obtained at the Golden Gala in Florence. Silver to the Dutch Raphael Bouju in 10.14 and bronze to the British Jeremiah Azu in 10.16. Sara Fantini in the hammer throw (first with 73.26 meters in front of the Romanian Bianca Florentina Ghelber, with 72.97, and the Finnish Silja Kosonen, with 72.30) and Tobia Bocchi who in the triple jumped 16.84 meters on the third attempt, putting himself behind the Turkish Necati Er (16.71) and the Ukrainian Vladyslav Shepeliev (16.67).