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The Olympic champion of the 200 in 1960 saw the Azzurri on TV: “Don’t underestimate Tortu, he knows how to better manage the tension of the match”
T he history of the Italian sprint is based on two monuments, Livio Berruti and Pietro Mennea. Both were 200 Olympic champions: the first in Rome 1960, the second in Moscow 1980. Neither, however, participated in an Olympic final on the shortest distance.
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