Rome, 21 January 2022 – Once again Filippo Tortu everyone anticipated. The Italians have fixed in their heads the image of the blue sprinter who with a stride precedes the English runner, conquering theoro in the relay queen of Tokyo Olympics together with Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu and Lorenzo Patta. One of the most beautiful images of the magnificent tricolor summer. But this time thecunning. Someone, as the sprinter told in an Instagram story, sneaked into his home in Brianza, “probably for steal the medal of Tokyo. “It is not the first time, however, that the Olympic prizes are the target of thieves, so much so that Tortu had taken it into account and had chosen the Bank as the keeper of his precious medal.
“Fortunately they did not find what they were looking for”, said the champion, who some time ago in an interview with Corriere della Sera had thrown a sympathetic misdirection. “I have drawn a kind of treasure map … 40 paces east, winds west, go around the cupboard, go straight to the bathroom … Mum, dad and my brother Giacomo are aware of everything. And they know that not even under torture they have to reveal where the hiding place is, “he said, implying that the prize was still in the house.
Fortunately, that wasn’t true. The medal, therefore, is safe, but the theft foiled did not erase the bitterness. “I have no words“, concluded the Olympian.
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