Splendid Italy under the eyes of Sergio Mattarella, today in the stands at the Olimpico to follow the European Athletics competitions .
First the Italian Alessandro Sibilio wins the silver medal in the 400 hs race of the European Championships in Rome, running in 47"50, a new Italian record. Gold goes to the Norwegian Karsten Warholm, dominator of the discipline and Olympic champion.
A great feat which shortly afterwards was joined by the splendid gold of Nadia Battocletti, who repeated in the 10 thousand the triumph obtained a few days ago in the 5 thousand . The champion then goes up to the stands to greet the Head of State.
In the end, to close the great Italian evening, Gianmarco Tamberi wins gold in the high jump. The Olympic champion, after hesitating at 2.26 and 2.29, surpasses 2.31 on the first attempt and then jumps again, with all the others already eliminated. First 2.34, then the show: he takes the springs out of his shoes, also jumps to 2.37 and surpasses it on the first attempt, sending the stadium into raptures and becoming champion with a wide gap compared to the second, the Ukrainian Lavskyy, who doesn't go over 2.29. It is the best world time of the year and the championship record. Then the champion goes up to the stands with Mattarella, too.
For Italy, Tamberi's is the tenth gold of this edition of the European Championships which sees us dominating the medal table.
(Unioneonline/L)