Italy at the 2021 World Athletics Relays

Italy at the 2021 World Athletics Relays
WA code	ITA
National federation	FIDAL
Website	www.fidal.it
in Silesia
Competitors	28 (14 men, 14 women)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
World Athletics Relays appearances (overview)
2014 2015 2017 2019 2021

Italy competed at the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Silesia, Poland, from 1 to 2 May 2021.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Edoardo Scotti Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Davide Re	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	2 May
Gold	Irene Siragusa Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Vittoria Fontana Johanelis Herrera	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	2 May
Silver	Fausto Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	2 May

Selected athletes

30 athletes, 14 men and 16 women, was selected for the event. ^[1]

Men

4 × 100 Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Federico Cattaneo Eseosa Desalu Filippo Tortu Antonio Infantino Roberto Rigali

4 × 400/4 × 400 mixed Davide Re (cap.) Vladimir Aceti Edoardo Scotti Alessandro Sibilio Brayan Lopez Lorenzo Benati Mattia Cesarico

Women

4 × 100 Irene Siragusa Anna Bongiorni Johanelis Herrera Abreu Gloria Hooper (cap.) Vittoria Fontana Dalia Kaddari Chiara Melon

4 × 400/4 × 400 mixed Maria Benedicta Chigbolu [2] Ayomide Folorunso Raphaela Lukudo Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Rebecca Borga [2] Eleonora Marchiando Virginia Troiani Petra Nardelli

Results

From the top left: Scotti, Trevisan, Mangione and Re, the four azzurri relay runners of the 4 × 400 m mixed relay in order of sport legs.

In the heats all five teams qualified for the final, the three who did not yet have the Olympic pass (Men's 4 × 100 m, Woman 4 × 400 m and Mixed 4 × 400 m), got it. ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eseosa Desalu Marcell Jacobs Davide Manenti Filippo Tortu	4 × 100 m relay	38.45 EL, SB, OG, WC	1 Q	39.21
Lorenzo Benati Alessandro Sibilio Brayan Lopez Vladimir Aceti	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.81 SB	8 Q	3:05.11	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Johanelis Herrera Abreu Gloria Hooper Anna Bongiorni Irene Siragusa Vittoria Fontana	4 × 100 m relay	44.02 SB [4]	6 Q	43.79 SB
Raphaela Lukudo Eleonora Marchiando Petra Nardelli Ayomide Folorunso	4 × 400 m relay	44.02 SB, OG, WC	7 q	3:32.69	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edoardo Scotti Giancarla Trevisan Alice Mangione Davide Re	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.52 WL, SB, OG, WC [5]	1 Q	3:16.60

See also

• Italian national track relay team

References

1. "Gli azzurri per le World Relays in Polonia" (in Italian). fidal.it. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
2. "World Relays, DT La Torre: "Strategia e coraggio"" (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021. Abbiamo voluto preservare il valore della 4x400 femminile, pur con le assenze di Mariabenedicta Chigbolu e Rebecca Borga, che resteranno in Italia.
3. "Staffette, impresa Italia: 5 su 5 a Tokyo!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
4. "4X100 METRES RELAY WOMEN - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
5. "4X400 METRES RELAY MIXED - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

• Silesia 21 at World Athletics
• The 28 Italian athletes biographies at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)