European Athletics Championships, Italy’s Sunday: Tamberi, Tortu, the half marathon

Third day of competitions in Rome, where medals will be awarded in the morning with the two half marathons. There will also be space for the qualifications of Gianmarco Tamberi in the high jump and Filippo Tortu in the 200 meters

ROME – Fiery Sunday morning at the European Athletics Championships in Rome: medals will be awarded already in the morning with the half marathon for men (at 9am) and women (at 9.30am ), a specialty which also offers team titles (the first three times count). Departure-show at the Imperial Forums, to begin a journey that touches some of the most suggestive points of the Capital, from the Altare della Patria to Piazza Navona, from Castel Sant’Angelo to Piazza San Pietro, until reaching a circuit of approximately 4.1 km on the Lungotevere, a prelude to entering the Olympic stadium for the grand finale.
Italy presents itself with the record holder Yeman Crippa and the European champion of the 2014 marathon Daniele Meucci, Pietro Riva, Eyob Faniel , Pasquale Selvarolo and Yohanes Chiappinelli. For women, pay attention to the record holderSofiia Yaremchuk with Elisa Palmero, Federica Sugamiele and Sara Nestola.

Also in the morning, Gianmarco Tamberi, already twice continental champion in Amsterdam and Munich, bursts into the European Championship: qualifying at 11.35, 2.28 required to enter the final on Tuesday evening, but Even less could be enough. Also on the field are Marco Fassinotti, Stefano Sottile and Manuel Lando. Qualifications also in the hammer for Sara Fantini and Rachele Mori, in the triple for Andrea Dallavalle, Emmanuel Ihemeje and Tobia Bocchi, heats in the 200 for Diego Pettorossi, in the 400 hurdles for Linda Olivieri, Mario Lambrughi and Giacomo Bertoncelli.
In the evening session yes award the titles of the women’s 100, men’s 800, women’s 1500 and women’s triple. Ludovica Cavalli in the 1500m and Dariya Derkach in the triple are already sure of the final, while Italian record holders Zaynab Dosso and Anna Bongiorni in the 100m are looking for the decisive round. Focus on the debut of Filippo Tortu, in the semi-final in the 200m with another Olympic relay champion Fausto Desalu. Also worth watching are the semi-finals of the 15th century runners Luca Sito, Edoardo Scotti, Alice Mangione, Anna Polinari and Giancarla Trevisan.