There National Of athletics archive with a loot of seven medals (two golds, four silvers and one bronze) the opening night of the Mediterranean Games Of Taranto 2026. The’Italy Team, with four days of competition to go, has reached 49 gold medals, narrowly surpassing the last edition of Oran 2022 and equalling that of Split 1979. It has also surpassed Casablanca 1983 (142) for the number of medals. Taranto 2026 has therefore entered the top 10 of the best Italian editions ever in terms of total number of medals.
At the Stadium ‘'Giuseppe Valente'’, the first ring for the’Italy he signed it Sonia Malavisi, bronze In the women's pole vault with 4.45 behind the Slovenian Tina Sutej (gold with 4.60) and the French Berenice Petit (silver with 4.45). The medal winner was Micol Majori (fresh from third place at the recent European Championships in Birmingham, England), who completed the distance of Women's 5000 meters on the second place (silver) thanks to the time of 15'21’86. To be dyed with”silver it was also Eric Marek in the Men's 100 meters. The latter crossed the finish line in 10"41 behind the Moroccan Yassine Hssine (gold in 10"31). Bronze went to the Slovenian Anej Curin Prapotnik (10"43) while Roberto Rigali (10”72) finished eighth.
On the first blue gold he signed Francesco Ettore Inzoli, who triumphed in men's long jump with a measurement of 8.19, achieved on the fifth rotation in a wind of +2.4 m/s. The twenty-one-year-old from Milan preceded Croatian Filip Pravdica by five centimeters (silver with 8.14). Italy on the second step of the podium in the first relay of the review or the 4×400 mixed. The quartet composed of Federico Falsetti, Sara Cirillo, Richard Meli e Ilaria Elvira Accame crossed the finish line in 3'14’89, with the final victory going to photo finish to Türkiye (gold in 3'14’85). Finally, a splendid blue double In the men's javelin, with John Frattini (gold with 81.59) who anticipated his companion Michael Fina (silver with 77.41). (agc)
