Golden quartet Patta, Tortu, Jacobs and Desalu! Incredible. The Italian relay is the strongest in the world. Silver to Great Britain, bronze to Canada. In the final of the 4×100 relay, Patta-Jacobs-Desalu-Tortu men win gold for one cent over Great Britain (37”50 against 37”51).
Bronze to Canada. Great fraction of Jacobs and extraordinary comeback of Tortu. A masterpiece!
“Italy has surprisingly won the men’s 4×100-meter relay to give Marcell Jacobs his second gold medal of the Tokyo Games. The Italians edged Britain by 0.01 and Canada took bronze in 37.70. It was Italy’s first Olympic medal in the relay since a bronze at the 1948 London Olympics,” reported Associated Press.
Lorenzo Patta, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Eseosa Fostine Desalu and Filippo Tortu: these are the names of the four fastest athletes in the world. From lane 8 they took a historic gold ahead of Great Britain by 0:01 and Canada 0:20.
For Italy this is the tenth gold at the Japanese Games, already historic for the 38 medals won. From athletics comes the fifth triumph, the most incredible.
The race that will forever remain an undertaking in the memory is that of Tortu, the last fractionist, able to fly to the finish line and catch up on the British.
One step after another, the gap that shortens and then disappears. The head thrown forward to pass right in front of the photo finish, for a penny. First, the great departure of Patta, perfect in launching the Jacobs train.
Over there, on the straight opposite the finish line, the Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters seemed almost blurred due to the speed developed.
A perfect handover with Desalu, first at the entrance to the last corner. Fausto is perfect, his run is fluid despite the eighth lane forcing him to see his opponents slowly approach. When he passes the baton to Tortu, Italy is already sure of silver.
To make this relay memorable, Filippo takes care of it. Hands in hair after the arrival, Italy wins the gold medal!
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