The relay will take care of it Italian men’s 4×100 to put the icing on the garlic cake European Championships 2024 of athletics, having reached their final evening.
The quartet formed by Matteo Melluzzo, Marcell Jacobs (already winner of the 100m with his best time of the year), Lorenzo Patta and Filippo Tortu stops the clock at 37.82 and hangs the gold medal around his neck, making the Olympic stadium explode with joy Rome and the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarellapresent again after the successful visit yesterday, Tuesday 11 June.
The one recorded by the Azzurri is the best continental time of the season. Behind them they end Netherlands (38.46) e Germany (38.52).
After the unforgettable Olympic gold in Tokyo 2020 and the world silver in Budapest 2023, the Italian team thus adds another important piece to its palmarès.
A great performance that bodes well from the perspective Paris 2024with the NOC quota already obtained last month at the World Athletics Relay staged in the Bahamas.
Before them, the Azzurri were on the top step of the podium Antonella Palmisano in the march, Nadia Battocletti in the 5,000m and 10,000m, Leonardo Fabbri in the shot put, Lorenzo Simonelli in the 110m hurdles, Yeman Crippa and then the men’s blue team in the half marathon, Marcell Jacobs in the 100m dash e Sara Fantini in the hammer throw and the captain Gianmarco Tamberi in the high jump.
The curtain then falls on the event, which sees Italian athletes as absolute protagonists with 24 medals in total, of which 11 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze. Never before have there been so many victories for the Italian national team during the European Championships.
Find out how the race went and the statements made by the four athletes immediately after the victory.
