Italy will present itself with a record-breaking team at the European Championships 2024 in athletics, which will be staged in Rome from 7 to 12 June. Not for all 116 Italians the continental review in the capital will have the same importance: for some it will only be a transition event towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, while for others it will represent the primary objective of the season. For our leading players it will be an opportunity to test their form and take steps towards the Games, for others the possibility of enriching their palmares.
For the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champions, Marcell Jacobs (100 meters), Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump), Antonella Palmisano (20 km walk) will have to be a stop along the way towards the five-circle event. Same goes for Leonardo Fabbri (big favorite in the shot put after the silver at the outdoor World Championships and the bronze in the world championship) and also for Mattia Furlani (silver in the long jump at the Indoor World Championships), even though the player from Lazio is decidedly young.
Larissa Iapichino she will want to enrich her showcase, but Roma 2024 cannot be the top event for an athlete of her calibre. They can definitely focus on European men like Lorenzo Simonelli (110 obstacles, but everything is to be evaluated and could have its say at the Games), Yeman Crippa (half marathon and 10,000 meters, where he defends the title), Alessandro Sibilio (400 hurdles, second European of the year), Federico Riva and Pietro Arese (1500 meters), Catalin Tecuceanu (800 meters), Francesco Fortunato (20 km walk), Philip Tortu (200 metres, then he will have to give his all in the relay too, like at the Olympics).
Very important Europeans also for Zaynab Dosso (100 meters, after the world championship bronze in the 60), Nadia Battocletti (5000 and 10000 meters), Daisy Osakue (discus throw), Sara Fantini (hammer throw), Roberta Bruni and Elisa Molinarolo (pole vault), Sofia Yaremchuk (half marathon), Valentina Trapletti (20 km walk). We need to understand how the weightlifter will be Zane Weir after the injury that prevented him from competing in May.
