Athletics
In the races of the night, great spectacle on the 400 meters hurdles. The Norwegian Kartsen Warholm with 45”94 has improved his previous world record of 46”70 (recorded last July 1), and is the first man to break the 46 second wall.
Silver to the American Rai Benjamin, with 46 ” 12, therefore well below the previous world record. Bronze went to Brazilian Alison Dos Santos in 46”72, even better than the previous Olympic record of 46”78 by the American Kevin Young of Barcelona 1992.
He was also in the race Alessandro Sibilio, who, however, was unable to go beyond the last place: “I made a great Olympics – underlined Sibilio to Rai microphones – The last dream I had was the medal but with these phenomena in front it was impossible, it was a of the greatest competitions in the history of athletics. Gimbo and Marcell? It is a new beginning of an Italian athletics that will do great things in Paris ».
Always in the Italian nightto Fausto Desalu got the qualification for the semifinals of the 200 meters. The blue finished his battery in second place with 20”29: «It’s a good time in the morning and with this humidity. Now the only thing I want to do is return to the Village to recover energy in view of the real challenge ». Eliminated the other blue in the race, Antonio Infantino (20”90). They qualify for the triple jump finals, Andrea Dallavalle ed Emanuel Ihemeje. Dallavalle finished the qualifiers in seventh place with the measurement of 16.99 meters, Ihemeje in ninth with 16.88.
Cycling your track
Another safe medal for Italy. The blues (Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon e Jonathan Milan) in the team pursuit of track cycling men beat New Zealand with a time of 3.42.307, a new world record, and tomorrow they will play the final for gold.