Alessandro Sibilio won with absolute ease semi-final of the 400m hurdles at the European Championships 2024 in athletics, showing off a crystal-clear talent at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The Campanian impressed with his tactical reading of the race: he started brilliantly but without overdoing it, he faced the first six barriers with great attitude, entering the final straight he was largely in command, he slowed down on the last two obstacles and braked significantly at the end looking around.
Alessandro Sibilio convinced peremptorily and printed a excellent 48.07 considering energy management operated in the last part of the race. It’s about the second half of his careerbehind only the 47.93 with which he qualified for the final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The physical condition is truly amazing and it is undeniable that we are starting to look concretely at Fabrizio Mori’s Italian record (47.54 in 2001), but in the meantime with the performance today makes it clear that have all it takes to aspire to a medal in this continental review.
Alessandro Sibilio took out the ticket for the final act with the best time of the round, doing better than the Estonian Rasmus Maegi (48.43 in the second semifinal, ahead of the 48.51 of the Swede Carl Bengstroem) and above all the Norwegian Karsten Warholm. The Olympic and World Champion, as well as world record holder with 45.94, managed the morning with a comfortable 48.75 ahead of the Dutch Nick Smidt (49.57).
Beating the Viking appears difficult (but never say never, two weeks ago she lost against Alison Dos Santos in Oslo), but the other opponents must not intimidate our standard bearer. The other two Italians were eliminated: Mario Lambrughi sixth in the first semi-final with a time of 50.03, Giacomo Bertoncelli seventh in the second series with a time of 49.83.
