Larissa Iapichino wins gold medal in the long jump at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. The Italian, with the measurement of 7 meters obtained on the first attempt, finishes one centimeter ahead of the English Jazmin Sawyers, silver, and the French Hilary Kpatcha, bronze. “Larissa Iapichino, queen of Europe. Our Tuscan champion flies 7 meters in the long jump and wins a splendid European gold at the end of a hard-fought final, won by just one centimeter. An immense leap to climb to the roof of Europe and write another beautiful page of Italian athletics. Congratulations Larissa, pride of Tuscany and all of Italy!”. The president of the Tuscany Region, Eugenio Giani, wrote it on his Instagram profile.
Italy is bronze medalist in the women’s 4×400 relay. Alessandra Bonora, Anna Polinari, Alice Mangione and Eloisa Coiro signed the time of 3’23″57 in the final won by the Netherlands in 3’21″10, ahead of Great Britain in 3’21″68