Athletics, Dosso and Tecuceanu take bronze at the European Championships. Site blazing with records, Tortu makes you dream

At the Olympic Stadium in Rome they continue Europeans 2024 athletics. Italy celebrates two bronze medals on the evening of the third day of competitions with Zaynab Dosso over 100 meters e Catalin Tecuceanu over 800 meters. Luca Sito he stamped the new Italian record for the 400 meters in 44.75, Dosso also lowered the national record in 11.01 during the semi-final. Philip Tortu he showed off in the 200 meters with a convincing 20.14 and gives hope for the final.

EUROPEAN ATHLETICS RESULTS TODAY

FINALS

100 METERS (WOMEN) – Zaynab Dosso wins a splendid bronze medal with a time of 11.03, after running the Italian record of 11.01 in the semi-final. The Italian leaves the starting blocks very well, takes the lead in the race, the throw is valid but is overtaken by the British Dina Asher-Smith (10.99) and the Polish Ewa Swoboda (11.03, better than the Italian by four thousandths). An Italian returns to the podium of the queen race twenty-two years after Manuela Levorato’s bronze.

Zaynab Dosso in the footsteps of Manuela Levorato: the queen race shines in blue, bronze in the 100 at the European Championships

800 METERS (MEN) – Catalin Tecuceanu won a nice bronze medal with a time of 1:45.40. The Italian took command of the operations in the early stages, at the end of the first lap he was in the wake of Tual, Attaoui, De Arriba and there was hope for a proverbial sprint from him, but unfortunately his energy was running low and he only managed to overtake the Spaniard Alvaro De Arriba, thus finishing in third place behind the French Gabriel Tual (1:44.87) and the Spaniard Mohamed Attaoui (1:45.20).

Athletics, Catalin Tecuceanu gives himself bronze: podium at the European Championships, first joy in the 800

1500 METERS (WOMEN) – Ireland’s Ciara Mageean won with a beautiful sprintwinning in 4:04.66 ahead of Britain’s Georgia Bell (4:05.33) and France’s Agathe Guillemot (4:05.69). Ludovica Cavalli she encountered some physical problems, closed the pace in 4:35.60 and then collapsed to the ground.

TRIPLE JUMP (WOMEN) – The Spanish girl Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré won the title with the best European performance of the season (14.85 metres), thus fending off the assault of the Turkish Tugba Danismaz (14.57, national record). Third was the French Ilionis Guillaume (14.43). Our Dariya Derkach finished in eighth place with 14.03 meters on the first attempt despite 2.1 m/s of headwind.

HIGH JUMP (WOMEN) – Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh was the big favourite of the day before and respected the prediction, triumphing with a valuable 2.01 meters passed in the second assault, after a clear run up to 1.99. The World Champion defended her continental title conquered two years ago in Munich, leaving behind the Serbian Angelina Topic (1.97 at the third and three errors at 2.01) and her compatriot Iryna Gerashchenko (1.95 at the second and three nulls at 1.97).

HAMMER THROW (MALE) – Polish Wojciech Nowicki wins the game on the last throw, sending the tool to 80.95 meters and thus narrowly surpassing the Hungarian Bence Halasz (80.49). Bronze goes to the Ukrainian Mykhaylo Kokhan (80.18).

3000 HEDGES (WOMEN) – The French one Alice Finot wins with the best European performance of the season (9:16.22), managing to beat the German Gesa Krause (9:18.06) and the British Elizabeth Bird (9:18.39).

SEMI-FINALS

200 METERS (MEN) – Filippo Tortu hit a sumptuous shot and has proven to be on track, the opaque 20.72 recorded three weeks ago was just a false alarm. The 4x100m Olympic Champion won their semi-final in 20.14 (0.9 m/s tailwind): splendid start, excellent cornering, good launch on the straight and then controlled in total control. The sprinter from Brianza is a candidate for the role of favorite for gold in tomorrow’s final, where he will challenge above all the Frenchman Pablo Mateo (20.34) and the German Joshua Hartmann (20.38). Fausto Desalu also made it to the final with the fifth overall time (20.39, second in the series won by Mateo).

Filippo Tortu, The Revenant: speeds over the 200 at the European Championships, excellent time and challenge for gold. Desalu advances

400 METERS (MALE) – Luca Sito definitively enters a new dimensionimproving by two cents the Italian record that Davide Re had held since 2019. The 21-year-old from Milan had lit up the scene with 45.12 fluency yesterday and today he entered a new dimension, winning their semifinal in 44.75 (best European performance of the season among the under 23s). The Italian left behind him two important opponents such as the Belgian Jonathan Sacoor (44.99) and the Hungarian Attila Molnar (45.04), launching himself with the second time towards tomorrow’s final and giving hope for the near future. The best time of the round belongs to the British Charles Dobson (44.65), third to the Belgian Alexander Doom (44.87), Edoardo Scotti eliminated (fifth in the third semi-final in 45.92).

Luca Sito enchants Europe: overflowing Italian record, champion of the 400! In the final with margins, the future is his

400 METERS (WOMEN) – Alice Mangione he remained silent for three quarters of the race, but on the final straight he unleashed himself and even recovered five positions, finishing in third place in his series with a time of 51.34. The Sicilian improved her personal best by 17 hundredths and strengthened her fourth place in the Italian all-time lists, but unfortunately it was not enough to qualify for the final. The Italian, who finished behind the Dutch Lieke Klaver (50.57) and the Irish Sharlene Mawdsley (50.99), is the first of those excluded from the final act: to grab the last repechage it would have been necessary to run two tenths faster . The other Italians were also eliminated: Anna Polinari sixth in the second semifinal (52.53), Giancarla Trevisan fifth in the first semifinal (52.59). The best time goes to the Irish Rhasidat Adeleke (50.54), ahead of the Dutch Lieke Klaver (50.57) and the Polish Natalia Kaczmarek (50.70).