Another medal for Italy at the European Athletics Championships in Rome: the blue 4×100, composed of Matteo Meluzzo, Marcell Jacobs, Lorenzo Patta and Filippo Tortu won the gold medal ahead of Holland and Germany. The blue quartet won with 37″82. The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, was standing.
The medal collection
At the end of the sixth and final day of the European Athletics Championships, staged at the Olimpico in Rome, Italy won the medal table with record numbers, never achieved by the Italian expeditions in continental events. In all, the Italians won 24 medals: 11 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze