Athletics is coming Italy focuses on Jacobs

The Queen of the Games arrives. Athletics will celebrate its first Olympics since Usain Bolt in Tokyo. Marcell Jacobs could make history if he managed to become the first Italian to run in the final of the 100. At the World Cup level, Tortu made it in 2019 in Doha, but now the Lombard sprinter does not seem to be on that level. The blue athletics focuses on him in a relay key, while Jacobs will do well to beware of the various Bromell, Baker, Kerley, De Grasse, Yamagata, Simbine. The Azzurri will have the task of trying to erase the “zero” in their contribution to the Italian medal table in Rio 2016, and will present the largest ever Olympic expedition. Tamberi will want to make up for the lack of participation in Rio in the high jump and there are the walkers Antonella Palmisano and Eleonora Giorgi. Davide Re will try to have his say in the 400. And in Tokyo there will be all five Italian relay races. The racing program includes 48 tests, a full immersion from today to August 8 in the sultry climate of the capital for which it was decided to move the running tests and marathons to Sapporo.