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28 September 2019It is a 100 meters world final for Filippo Tortu. The Italian sprinter, with 10 "11, third in his semi-final, landed in the world championship final scheduled tonight at the Khalifa stadium in Doha in Qatar at 9.15 pm After 32 years a blue is in the 100-meter world final. a blue in a world final dates back to Sunday 30 August 1987, on the occasion of the World Cup in Rome when, at the Olimpico, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, injured on the quadriceps in the previous round, finished the final anyway and came seventh. 9 "83 but then the gold was assigned to the" son of the wind ", Carl Lewis (9" 93). Nothing final for the other Italian in the race, Marcell Jacobs, who came seventh in the first semifinal with 10 "20.

The path of "Pippo"
Filippo Tortu, Italian 100-meter record holder with 9 "99 (June 2018 in Madrid), earned the final with a superlative performance. In the semifinals" Pippo ", from Carate Brianza, responded more slowly to the shot, but his progression on the launch was exceptional: the action of the 21-year-old sprinter of the Fiamme Gialle with Sardinian blood (his father-coach Salvino is from Tempio Pausania) had to wait a few minutes to be able to rejoice in the final pass. the South African Akani Simbine set in 10 "01 in front of the British Zharnel Hughes (10" 05), Tortu won for just one thousandth on the Jamaican Tyquendo Tracey. For the blue 10 "11.101 and for the Caribbean 10" 11.102. the American Michael Rodger was excluded from the final, fifth with 10 "12. In addition to Philip the other European will be Hughes. In the final there will also be US Boy Christian Coleman, winner of the first of the three semi-finals with 9 "88 and great favorite for the gold, the South African Simbine, the Canadians Andre De Grasse and Brown, the Jamaican Yohan Blake and an old acquaintance of the 100 meters, the American Justin Gatlin.

Tortu: "Now recover the energy for the final tonight"
"I have no words for reaching the final. Sorry for the deadline, but today I pulled out the balls ... like I didn't do yesterday, I just thought about doing my race. I had received so many congratulatory messages and was pleased ". Filippo Tortu tells his joy after the 100th semi-final. "Now - he said to RaiSport's microphones again - I have to recover my energy to make the final tonight".