Italy smiles and hopes with the weightlifter and the hammerhead. On the 3000 hedges the Roman cross-country skier can amaze. And then the relay: despite the many problems, the 4 Azzurri were applauding. Disappointment for Fassinotti, Ali and the astiste
& commat; abuongi
July 16
– EUGENE (USA)
The balance of the first Italian day of Eugene 2022 is bittersweet. Marcell Jacobs and Gimbo Tamberi aside, there were 19 Azzurri in the race. There are two placings from “finalists”, or from the top eight. Thanks to the 4×400 mixed by Lorenzo Benati, Ayo Folorunso, Bryan Lopez and Alice Mangione, seventh in 3’16 “45 after the 3’13” 89 of the morning heat (sixth time): Italy, between Doha 2019 and Tokyo 2021, he hadn’t made it through the first round. Direct finals also for the 20 km walk specialists. And from the women’s race comes the beautiful eighth place of Valentina Trapletti (1h29’54 “), just 7” from the staff signed in May. The 37-year-old from Milan thus enters for the first time among the elected in a global review. Nicole Colombe disqualified. Among the men is 15th Francesco Fortunato (1h22’50 “) and 32nd Gianluca Picchiottino (1h28’33”).
In the final
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In addition to Tamberi, Nick Ponzio reached the final with the fourth measure in weight (21.35), Sara Fantini with the sixth in the hammer (72.38) and Ahmed Abdelwahed with the 14th time in the 3000 steeplechase (8’21 “04). Together with Jacobs in the 100, Gaia Sabbatini arrives in the semifinals in the 1500s: 4’07 ”82 (27th overall time trial).
Postpone
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Red disc instead, as well as for Ali in the 100, for Marco Fassinotti (2.25 above, 16th), Leo Fabbri (19.73 in weight, 22nd), Sinta Vissa and Federica Del Buono (4’07 “33 and 4’08 ”41 in 1500, 22nd and 27th), Roberta Bruni and Elisa Molinarolo (4.35 in the auction, sixteenth).
The treble
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The first titles, those of the 20 km walk, went to the Japanese Yamanishi (1h19’07 “), who repeats the title in Doha after also the Olympic bronze in the race won by Massimo Stano and the Peruvian Garcia Leon (1h26’58” ), which gives their country the first world champion medal in history. The gold of the 4×400 mixed is instead of the Dominican Republic (3’09 “82), ahead of the Netherlands and the United States of Allyson Felix who, acclaimed by the public, closes his career here, winning the thirtieth medal between Mondali (19) and Olympics (11). In the qualification of the 22.28 weight of Ryan Crouser, in that of the 80.09 hammer of Pawel Fajdek.
July 16 – 06:23
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