Paris 2024 Olympics, lots of Italy wins pass for first athletics finals

Paris 2024 Olympics, lots of Italy wins pass for first finals in athletics

Olympic 5000-meter final won by Nadia Battocletti. The Italian, European champion, qualified with the third overall time 14’57”65, behind Kenyan rainbow winner Faith Kipyegon (14’57”56) and Dutch Olympic gold medalist Sifan Hassan (14’57”65). Federica Del Buono (15’15”64) did not make it instead.

"Very happy with how è the race went – commented Nadia – although I was hoping to get here without any problems, but for a month I have had a discomfort in my heel and the back of my left leg è stiff. I told myself not to think about it and to look ahead. It was a tough battery, they were uneven, and I made the right choice to stay in the top positions".

The’other Italian national Dariya Derkach also made the final in the women’s triple jump by jumping to the centimeter the necessary measure, 14.35, on her second attempt, after doing 14.19 on her first. Out instead went Ottavia Cestonaro with 13.63. In the women’s discus, Daisy Osakue goes to the’decisive act instead with 63.11. The mixed 4×400 relay cmposed of Luca Sito, Anna Polinari, Edoardo Scotti and Alice Mangione also did well, qualifying with 3’11”59 and third place in their own battery.

In the women’s 800, Eloisa Coiro, whose personal best of 1’59”19 was not enough, and Elena Bellò, herself under two minutes with 1’59”98. But the race that puts the most chills on Italian fans è that of the weight qualification: Leonardo Fabbri with 21.76 gets the best measure but at the’last throw, and after the second, which was null, he was even excluded from the final. Zane Weir also qualified with 21.00.