Marcell Jacobs and Filippo Tortu rejoice

World Cup, statements

The Italian sprinters spoke after brilliantly qualifying for the World Championships in Budapest.

Roberto Rigali: “After coming out of the blocks with the best reaction time of the battery, halfway through the corner I lost a foothold. Then I closed my eyes, pushed hard and the change with Jacobs è came out well”. Marcell Jacobs: “Happy with how I raced, as I race I find more and more feeling. Today there’s a completely different energy: it’s not an individual race, it’s the whole of Italy running together with us and we give 200 percent.  We are at a World Cup and to be able to find the form right here’s what counts. Really happy to share this with them and when saw I Filippo cross the finish line, I è got goosebumps from the’emotion”. Lorenzo Patta: “I was coming from injury and I was somber today, basically I didn’t speak all day. This è the chrono that represents our value, not a time around 38.30 as in the first part of the season, and I am happy that it came at the right time”. Filippo Tortu: “We are brothers, a family. When I go into the field knowing that I am running for them too, I can do something more;. This è what I was worth, in the 200 I could not bring it out. It was the first time I started with two endorsements and not three. In the last 50 meters I was feeling a few pains, I held a little bit, but when I saw I was in front I almost preferred to manage. I did not notice the South African Simbine but è a result that we need to arrive more conscious tomorrow”.

Zaynab Dosso: “C’è it was a false start, but it didn’t bother me that much. Each of us wanted this, driven by the synergy of the group, and we could not go slow after the men” chrono. Dalia Kaddari: “Today è another day, after yesterday’s race in the 200 meters. The relay dà more energy, I am so happy”. Anna Bongiorni: “On the eve we had mentioned that we dream big, now we focus on doing better tomorrow. We can’t wait, we want to improve this time and for example, as for me, if I run like in the European final last year in Munich I can improve”. Alessia Pavese: “I have to realize what I did, but this è a track that pushes like crazy. When I took the baton and saw that we were third, I didn’t understand anymore and I gave everything. I am so charged up, I feel like a spring”.