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Diamond League, Blue Wave
Athletics, program
The growth of Italian athletics, certified by recent successes and sealed by the triumph at the European team championships, is also evidenced by the ever-increasing number of athletes competing in Diamond League meetings. There will be as many as nine on Friday night in Lausanne in the sixth leg of the world’s top circuit (Yeman Crippa has renounced), and three more on Sunday in Stockholm (and what spikes: Tamberi, Iapichino, Sibilio). The double event will be visible on TV: Lausanne on Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. on RaiSport, Sky Sport Summer and Sky Sport Arena, Stockholm on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. on Rai 2 and Sky Sport Arena.
There is an Italian in almost every specialty. Let’s start with those who raised the cup in Chorzow for the first historic victory in the main continental event: Zane Weir (Fiamme Gialle), over all. The European indoor champion, one of seven individual winners in Chorzow (21.59), is essentially called to an Olympic final in the weight with world record holder Ryan Crouser, the other U.S. Joe Kovacs, New Zealand’s Tom Walsh and all the best of Europe including the other Italian Leonardo Fabbri (Aeronautica, 21.81 in Pergine, European seasonal leader), Croatian Filip Mihaljevic, Czech Tomas Stanek. In Silesia, talented long runner Mattia Furlani (Fiamme Oro) and hurdler Ayomide Folorunso (Fiamme Oro) finished second and seek confirmation: Furlani finds the same opponents as in Chorzow, namely the only one who beat him, Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece, and the two other listed Europeans left behind him, Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer and Sweden’s Thobias Montler; Folorunso is in the 400hs with Holland’s queen Femke Bol. From the Slaski Stadium feat also comes Pietro Arese (Fiamme Gialle), who makes his Diamond League debut in a space 1500 with Olympic gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) and newly crowned world record holder in the steeplechase Lamecha Girma (Ethiopia). Instead after 4.25 in Poland she wants to turn the page in La Pontaise Roberta Bruni (Carabinieri), in her fourth Diamond League outing of the season, where Olympic and world gold medalist Katie Moon (USA) never misses. Spectacular at the Tricolori U23 the dance between the hurdles of Lorenzo Simonelli (13.40 regular, 13.29 windy): for his ‘first’ in Diamond League in the Athletissima meeting the 21-year-old from the Esercito finds the Japanese Shunsuke Izumiya and the Swiss Jason Joseph. First 800 of the outdoor season for Elena Bellò (Fiamme Azzurre) after her 2:36.35 in Nice in the 1000: the star is Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson, season’s dominator in 1:55.77. And there is a 400-meter lane in the pre-meet for Italian record holder Davide Re (Fiamme Gialle), strong from a convincing comeback in 45.54: he challenges training partner Ricky Petrucciani (Switzerland) and Dutchman Liemarvin Bonevacia.
Seven days after Chorzow’s 2.29, Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi (Fiamme Oro) is back on the platform: in Stockholm, stage No. 7, he finds an even higher technical level, given the presence of Korean world indoor gold medalist Woo Sang-hyeok, outdoor rainbow silver medalist, New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr with whom Gimbo shared the indoor bronze in Belgrade 2022, Australia’s Brandon Starc, and Ukraine’s Andriy Protsenko. After the victory in Florence, the first seal in the Diamond League, for Larissa Iapichino (Fiamme Gialle) it’s World Championships air again in the long: big match with Olympic and world gold medalist Malaika Mihambo (Germany), Serbia’s Ivana Vuleta, Nigeria’s Ese Brume, and Britain’s Jazmin Sawyers, the only one able to surpass her at the European indoor championships in Istanbul. Alessandro Sibilio (Fiamme Gialle) has never raced in the Diamond League: the debut is not exactly ‘soft’, in the presence of world record holder Karsten Warholm (Norway) and other excellent 400hs performers such as France’s Wilfried Happio, Estonia’s Rasmus Magi, Turkey’s Yasmani Copello. With Chorzow’s 48.14, although achieved without technical perfection, one can think big.
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Davis Cup, not just Jannik Sinner: Lorenzo Musetti is ready
The bronze medal at the Olympics and the semifinals at Wimbledon have charged her up
This is it. Italy è is ready to start on the road to another possible dream, which is to win the Davis Cup again. The first obstacle è represented by the hostile Argentina (absolutely not to be underestimated). The Azzurri are betting, of course, on world No. 1 Sinner but there’è great confidence also in Musetti who arrived in Malaga in great form.
The blue number 2 è has been the protagonist of a heavenly season. The bronze at the Olympics and the semifinals at Wimbledon have charged him up. Now he è ready to be an absolute protagonist in the Davis Cup: “I arrive with a different maturity at all levels”, his clear words to Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I’m ready to take more responsibility and have a more central, more important part than 12 months ago. There will be a lot of excitement, a lot of adrenaline, and I have a lot of desire to experience the competition”, the commentary of Musetti himself, who arrived in Malaga in excellent physical condition, having had some time to rest after Paris-Bercy.
Clearly, with such a motivated Musetti, è much can be expected from Italy. Sinner è an absolute guarantee but, to make it all the way, the help of all the members of the blue team led by captain Volandri is needed. There’s a strong desire to accomplish another feat and return to celebrate, all together.
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NBA, Milwaukee snaps up Giannis Antetokounmpo
Well Golden State, black crisis for Philadelphia
So many contests in the NBA night. With its back against the wall, Milwaukee finds the strength to fight back and take home a crucial victory in the match with Chicago (122-106 the final). Race dominated by Antetokounmpo who finished with an impressive 41 points on the scoreboard, including 25 in a surreal third period, with also eight assists and nine rebounds.
Thanks to this success, the Bucks record rises to six wins and nine losses. After losing the unbeaten streak to Boston, Cleveland returned to success: 128-100 over New Orleans. Excellent performance by Jerome (29 points). The record of the Cavs è the best in the NBA with 16 wins and only one loss (suffered, precisely, against the Celtics).
Most delicate moment for Philadelphia, which continues to sink. The 76ers also surrendered in Memphis (117-111 the final), collecting their 12th defeat of the season (only two wins). A strong showing by Embiid (35 points and 11 rebounds) wasn’t enough to bring a smile back to the interior of a team in total crisis.
As for the other games, OKC folds Portland (109-99) while Houston gets rid of Indiana (130-113) rather easily. New York wins the challenge with Phoenix (138-122) while Golden State prevails against Atlanta: 120-97 the final for the Warriors with 23 points by Curry. Nice success, finally, of the LA Clippers against Orlando (104-93).
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GP Las Vegas, Carlos Sainz has hope for constructors’ title
Ferrari è currently second at -36 from McLaren
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The Las Vegas GP takes the stage. A new opportunity, for Ferrari, to try to get even closer to McLaren, currently leader in the constructors’ standings with 593 points, 36 more than the Cavallino. The circuit would seem to favor the Rossa, although Sainz points out an important detail.
“Ferrari competitive? Looking at the track I would say sì, Ferrari should be competitive or at least should be able to fight but when we see that tire temperatures rise, then I would say no”, the clear words of Sainz reported by Marca.
The Cavallino driver knows that in order to take home the Constructors’ World Championship title, he needs “help” from McLaren: “I think we are close. But at the same time, we also need McLaren to make some mistakes, becauseé, if they don’t make any mistakes from here to the end, in case we have to win all the time and we and they come second in every race, I think McLaren will probably still be able to keep the title”.
Sainz, in addition to trying to win another GP before ending his adventure with the Cavallino, wants to try to help the team win the constructors world championship: “I would like to win the championship for Ferrari this year. And sì, I think it would be a great way to end the season”.
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