In Rome the sun always shines on the Italian expedition to the European Athletics Championships. The third day of the event opened with the Crippa-Riva double in the half marathon, gold in the team half-marathon and continued with excellent results in the various scheduled qualifiers.
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It was highly anticipated Gianmarco Tamberi, Olympic and world champion and also looking for his third continental title. For Gimbo it was the absolute debut of the season,having missed both the indoor season and the meeting announced in Ostrava. The future Italian flag-bearer at the Paris Olympics did not disappoint, hitting the high jump final on the first attempt with a measurement of 2.21.They will also be there with him Manuel Lando and Stefano Sottile. Marco Fassinotti was eliminated instead, stopping at 2.17.
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Fantini did well in the hammer throw, three Italians in the final in the triple jump
Not just Tamberi and the high jump. The morning in Rome showed a Sara Fantini in excellent form: final in the hammer throw with the second measurement of the day, 72.28 behind only the 72.88 of the Danish Katrine Koch Jacobsen. First of the excluded Rachele Mori. Italy can also smile in the triple jump, bringing three of its representatives to the final: it’s about Emmanuel Ihemeje (3rd measurement with 16.98), Andrea Dellavalle (4.59pm) e Tobia Bocchi,initially excluded but subsequently reinstated. Diego Aldo Pettorossi surpasses the 200 meters heatsand reaches Tortu and Desalu in the semi-finals, already admitted by right. They will all take to the track tonight. Smiles even from the 400 hurdles, with Giacomo Bertoncelli (4th time in 49.41), Mario Lambrughi (8th time in 49.74) e Linda Olivieri (9th time in 55.95) qualified for the semifinals.
