Letsile Tebogo wins 100m at Golden Gala in Rome with a time of 9″87. Behind him were the two Americans Christian Coleman (9″92) and Fred Kerley (9″95). Marcell did badly Jacobs, who finished last in 10″20.
Gianmarco Tamberiapplauded and cheered by the crowd at the Olympic Stadium, finished in third place in his high jump competition in the Roman leg of the Diamond League. The Italian, in fact, jumped 2.27 meters, finishing third on a par with the Ukrainian Doroshchuk, failing his three attempts with the pole vault positioned at 2.30 meters.
Second place for Leonardo Fabbri in the shot put competition at the ‘Golden Gala Pietro Menneà in Rome, a prestigious stage of the Diamond League of athletics. The Italian, fifth at the Paris Olympics, encountered some difficulties this evening on the Olympic platform: two invalid throws and one under 20 meters. Fabbri straightened the race on the third throw with 21.70 meters, a measurement also equaled on the fourth attempt. Victory with a new Golden Gala record for the American Ryan Crouser with 22.49 and a series of six throws over 22 meters. Third was the other American, Payton Otterdahl with 22.63. The Italian Zane Weir finished eighth with 19.99,
The big result does not arrive for Nadia Battocletti in the 1,500 of the Golden Gala, which nevertheless show us a huge improvement by the Italian in a distance that could soon enter her program at the highest world levels. The silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics (but in the 10,000m) finished in 11th place but her time, 3’59″19, was four seconds better than her previous personal best. Battocletti goes under four minutes for the first time, but she is not the best Italian: Sintayehu Vissa closes sixth with 3’58″12, 1/100 shy of her Italian record. Victory for Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in 3’52″89, while Ludovica Cavalli closes 14th (4’02″60). (ITALPRESS).