Two silver medals and one bronze represent Italy's record after the second day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships is currently taking place in Glasgow. After Leonardo Fabbri's bronze medal in the weight category, come the silver medals Mattia Furlani long term in the morning then in the evening Lorenzo Simonelli in the 60 hurdles and finally, during the last race, Zaynab Dosso's bronze medal in the women's 60 m.
In the 60 hurdles, Lorenzo Simonelli celebrates silver with the sensational Italian record of 7.43 improved by three hundredths. At twenty-one, the Roman is vice-world champion: impressive with his power and speed of action, capable of beating his record for the fourth time this season, beaten only by the American world record holder Grant Holloway (7 .29) but ahead of bronze. for the Frenchman Just Kwaou-Mathey (7.47). For the first time in history, an Italian hurdler climbs onto the world indoor podium.
“I don’t believe it either.” the comment. “I knew I was there, that I had the ability, but between having the cards and playing them well, it's something else and I succeeded. An absurd medal, an absurd thing. Vice-world champion? I would never have said it.” » said the Roman athlete.
Zaynab Dosso's bronze was sensational in the 60 meters with 7.05, at the same time as the semi-final with which she became the first Italian to participate in a world final. Trained in turn by coach Giorgio Frinolli and protagonist of a magnificent season, with a series of continuous progress, the Emilian sprinter is preceded by Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia, 6.98) and the Polish Ewa Swoboda (7, 05). “Believing is beautiful, realizing is incredible. I am speechless, I cry with joy” the words of the blue girl. “When you reap the fruits of your labor, you are speechless. Maybe tomorrow I will succeed, but in the meantime, I don't want to take down this flag.”
After Mattia Furlani's silver in long distance and Leonardo Fabbri's bronze in weight, the historic maximum of 4 medals at the World Indoor Championships has already been matched by Italy, as in 1985 and 1991, and nine finalists. Emmanuel Ihemeje is still among the world's best in triples: the Italian finishes fifth with 16.90, having been fifth and eighth at the last two outdoor world championships, while success goes to the outdoor world champion Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso) with 17.53.
Pietro Arese also finishes in the top eightseventh in the 3000 in 7:46.46 two years after eighth place in the 1500, Federico Riva finished eleventh with 8:02.66 in the race which ignited the enthusiasm of the stands for the triumph of the British (and Scottish) Josh Kerr in 7: 46.46. :42.98. Ludovica Cavall took thirteenth place among womeni (8:48.46), with American Elle St. Pierre winning gold in a terrific time of 8:20.87 to upset Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay (8:21.13).
Roberta Bruni finished tenth in the auction with a successful jump at 4.40 before three errors at 4.55, the public rejoices in the victory of the British Molly Caudery with 4.80. It's the evening of another world record for flying Dutchwoman Femke Bol with 49.17 in the 400 meters, seven hundredths less than her 49.24 two weeks ago.
