Mattia Furlani made his seasonal debut outdoors. The young Italian talent of long jumpwhich during the winter conquered the silver medal at the Indoor World Championships and signed the Italian record in the hall (8.34 meters in Ancona), he chose the second stage of the Diamond League to open your competitive year under the sky. The 19-year-old took to the stage in Suzhou (China) and honored his commitment to the top international traveling athletics circuit, even though he remained far from the measures he is credited with.
Start without any particular shocks for the Under 20 European Champion, who boasts a personal outdoor 8.24 meters and who last year printed a superb windy 8.44. Mattia Furlani in fact stopped in fifth position with a measurement of 7.88 (0.1 m/s tailwind), signed on the fifth attempt. Extremely linear series for our color bearer: 7.77 (+ 0.1 m/s), 7.76 (- 0.1 m/s), 7.80 (- 0.7 m/s), 7.88 (+ 0.1 m/s ), 7.80 (- 0.4 m/s). We remind you that the sixth bout in the Diamond League meetings is reserved only for the best three athletes at the end of the fifth round.
It was the fourth career outing in the Diamond League for our standard bearer, after the debut in Monte Carlo in 2022 and the tests in Lausanne and Zurich in 2023. From here begins the march towards the European Championships in Rome at the beginning of June and the Olympics of Paris 2024 expected in the heart of summer.
The race was won by the American Marquis Dendy thanks to the 8.05 meters jumped on the second attempt. The 31-year-old American prevailed by one centimeter against the Chinese Jianan Wang (8.04), third was the other host Yuhao Shi (7.99), fourth was the Jamaican Carey McLeod (7.93).
