The Olympic champion of the 4×100 meter relay will move to Orlando where he will train from March to May
The exodus of Italian athletes towards the United States and, after the transfer of Marcell JacobsAlso Filip Tortu decided to face this new adventure. The Olympic champion of the 4×100 meter relay has decided to leave Italy to move overseas where he will prepare for the European Championships scheduled in Rome and the Five Circles challenge starting in Paris next August. A choice that will lead him to Orlando where Tortu will have “the logistical opportunity and the fact of being able to train in a structure that usually hosts top level athletes” as explained by the athlete.
The standard bearer of Yellow Flames he will remain in the States for forty days between March and May where he will be able to train with the American Kenneth Bednarekthe Canadian Aaron Brown and the other American Kyree King, “which Tortu knows well and which can be a stimulus in training”. This will not lead to changes in the staff led by Salvino Tortu as explained by the athlete’s press office, with the aim of preparing for the World Athletics Relays in program a Nassau (Bahamas) where Tortu and his teammates will try to win the world title in the relay.
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