General rehearsals ahead of the European Athletics Championships Rome 2024. Marcell Jacobs, Olympic champion in the 100 meters and the 4×100 meters relay at the Tokyo 2020 Games, is revving up: "My first race in Italy – he announced on Sky Sport - will be on May 18th at the Rome Sprint Festival at the Stadio dei Marmi". An exciting preview of the Europeans, scheduled at the Foro Italico from June 7th to 12th: "Mentally I'm doing well, I'm very relaxed and very focused on training - Jacobs said - and in September I will be happy if I have confirmed my two titles, the Olympic and the European".
To repeat at the continental level, Marcell is expected on the evening of Saturday, June 8th, on the new track of the Stadio Olimpico in the 100 meters final, while the appointment with the 4x100 relay is set for the concluding session of June 12th. "I'm happy to debut in Italy in Rome, a city I love - Jacobs concluded - and where I will move shortly". Meanwhile, the sale of tickets and subscriptions for the European Championships continues, available at roma2024.vivaticket.it.
“On the morning of the half marathon, Sunday, June 9th, all running enthusiasts will be able to participate in the Mass Race on 10 km: it is the embrace between the champions competing for medals and the many amateur runners”. It is the technical director of the National athletics team, Antonio La Torre, who announces one of the initiatives that will make the atmosphere of Rome 2024 even more lively. The occasion is the talk dedicated to the Europeans held at the Milano Running Festival, the event that precedes the Wizz Air Milano Marathon on Sunday, April 7th. At the talk, led by the head of communication for the Europeans Fabio Guadagnini, also participated the Italian sprinter Roberto Rigali, silver medalist at the Budapest 2023 World Championships with the 4x100, the world champion of the 3000 steeplechase in Rome 1987 Francesco Panetta, the former footballer and running enthusiast Massimo Ambrosini, and the Sky Sport journalist Nicola Roggero. All details on the course and registration modalities for the Rome 2024 Mass Race will be communicated in the coming days.
“It will be beautiful to see Jacobs at the Stadio dei Marmi”, adds La Torre. “It will begin to breathe the atmosphere of the Europeans in the stadium named after Pietro Mennea. Rome 2024 will be a key moment to understand what role we will play at the Paris Olympics. For guys like Roberto Rigali, it will be an unrepeatable opportunity to compete in front of the warm Roman public”.
“During the Rome 2024 competitions, the boys will experience on their skin the magic of the edition 50 years ago - continues the Italian technical director - of Mennea, Sara Simeoni, and all the athletes who preceded them. The technical level of the Europeans will be high, with Duplantis, Bol, and Ingebrigtsen who will also be protagonists at the Games: we will try to have our say. This generation has overcome the culture of excuses”.
The same Rigali, silver at the Budapest World Championships with the Italian 4x100 relay, is ready for the continental challenge: “I am honored and proud to be part of this group and the Generation Rome 2024. Our secret is that we get along well together. In Rome, we want to give our best. It will be interesting to be able to test the exchanges on the track of the Stadio dei Marmi in the next gathering”.
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