Two gold, one silver and one bronze for Italy at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. It was he who won his race Leonardo Fabbri In the shot put, with the measurement of 22.45: a measurement that allows him to take the crown of European champion. Silver for the Croatian Mihaljevic and bronze for the Polish Haratyk.
“But now I want to beat the Americans, in a great race. And I’m still not at the top, I have to keep working and have faith.”says Fabbri (reigning world vice champion) after the race, also alluding to the Paris Games.
In the 110 hurdles the Roman Lorenzo Simonelli, already the author of an excellent performance in the semi-final, ‘struck’ everyone by running in 13″05, leading from start to finish. His is the second world time of the year, and the new Italian record, and projects him towards the Paris Games.
Instead, it is a silver leap that sees Mattia Furlani as the protagonist, 20 years old and with a bright future ahead. The measurement arrives immediately, on the first attempt, 8.38 meters which is worth the under 20 world record, improving his previous record by two centimeters.
After the double scored by Palmisano-Trapletti, here is another joy in an increasingly blue-tinged European Championship. This time it’s Francesco Fortunato who gets on the podium; for the walker from Andria comes a bronze, behind the gold Karlstrom and the silver McGrath, obtained with the best performance of the season in 1.19:54, and a smile at the finish line waving the Italian flag which says a lot about the real value of this medal.
