Super Azzurri in the indoor meeting in the Czech Republic. Two performances that bode well for the World Championships in Torun
Mattia Furlani does not betray. The world long distance champion, after an 8.33 obtained last week at the indoor meeting in Paris, confirms himself in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic. The Italian jumps three centimeters less but surpasses the Greek Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou (8.23) and the Bulgarian Bozhidar Saraboyukov (8.21). Furlani starts with two jumps under eight meters (7.95, 7.81), then takes off in the third test with 8.21, a jump which is equaled by the Bulgarian Saraboyukov, momentarily in the lead due to the second best measurement. It is a leadership that does not last long, because the Fiamme Oro standard bearer adds a centimeter to his score (8.22) and takes the lead. In the fourth round, however, Tentoglou wakes up: 8.23 and is ahead of everyone, after a smooth start, with two nulls and a 7.96. The evening lights up. And it is in the fifth round that Furlani places the decisive 8.30, leaving 7-8 centimeters on the hitting axis. The final assault of the two rivals does not produce positive results: Tentoglou 8.06, Saraboyukov nil, after the final 7.95 of the jumper trained by mother-coach Khaty Seck. You can smile 45 days after the World Indoor Championships in Torun (20-22 March).
super bump!
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Excellent debut in the 60 meters for Zaynab Dosso. The European champion and world silver medalist in the 60m immediately set a time of 7”09, leaving no chance for a direct competitor for international medals such as the world and European bronze medalist Patrizia van der Weken from Luxembourg (7.14). In the heat the Fiamme Azzurre sprinter runs away in the first half of the race and then slows down noticeably in the final supports, to finish in 7”14, overtaken at the finish line by the Luxembourger (7.13). In the final there is no story: “Za” leads from the first to the last meter, already demonstrating a dazzling condition, eight hundredths of a second from his Italian record from last year (7”01).
