Paris 2024 Olympics, 4×100 in the final with a thrill

Paris 2024 Olympics, 4×100 in the final with a thrill
The men’s 4×100 quartet consisting of Matteo Melluzzo, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu and Filippo Tortu qualified for the finals at the Paris 2024 Olympics where they will be able to defend the gold they won in Tokyo 2020. Marcell Jacobs and his teammates finish only in fifth place, but thanks to repechage they gain access to the last act, scheduled for Friday at 7:47 p.m.
The winner is the United States, which finishes in 37'47, ahead of South Africa (37.94) and Great Britain (38.04). The 38'07 of the Azzurri, achieved in the first battery, è was enough to be repechaged, along with Japan. In the other battery, China (38'24), France (38'34) and Canada (38'39) qualify.
No dice, however, for the women’s 4×100, which was eliminated in the batteries. Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Irene Siragusa and Arianna de Masi finished in seventh place with 43'03.
Italy won a total of 40 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, setting a new record for haul in a single edition of the Games. Ten gold medals, as many silver medals and 20 bronze medals as well. Will the Azzurri be able to do better in France?”