Three golds in 42 minutes, six medals in a single evening. These are the very hot numbers for Italy on the second day of the Europeans 2024 athletics. You find that they have no precedent in the history of the Bel Paese in the continental review. At the Olympic Stadium in Rome, a simply memorable session took place for the tricolor movement, which clearly demonstrates its competitive caliber on the international field and which reaches one of the best peaks ever (even if the historic Olympic embrace between Marcell Jacobs and Gianmarco Tamberi on 1 August 2021 will remain unattainable).
Marcell Jacobs he triumphed over 100 meters with a time of 10.02, confirming himself on the throne after the seal two years ago in Monaco and showing improvements compared to his latest outings: fifth European to defend the title, second Italian to win the queen race (in 1978 there succeeded Pietro Mennea). Lorenzo Simonelli he definitively entered a new dimension, imposing himself on the 110 obstacles with a resounding 13.05 (second world time of the year, Italian record demolished by fifteen hundredths and a time that would be worth a medal at the Games). Leonardo Fabbri he respected the prediction of the day before in the shot put with a stone throw of 22.45 meters which validates the title (this season he set the Italian record with 22.95).
The silver medals were added to the loot Chituru Ali (100 metres, legendary double with Jacobs setting a personal best of 10.05) and Mattia Furlani (8.38 meters in the long jump, behind the elusive Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou), in addition to the bronze of Francesco Fortunato in the 20 km walk. Italy leads the medal table with 5 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze: in the past they had never reached the podium so many times in the first two days of competition.
