Mattia Furlani: A Silver Leap at the Indoor World Championships in Glasgow

Extraordinary Mattia Furlani, the very young Italian who won the silver medal at the Indoor World Championships in Glasgow. The 19-year-old phenomenon landed at 8.22 meters, the same measure as the Greek Tentoglu who, however, won the gold medal for the second-best jump that earned him first place. The silver is an extraordinary achievement for the Italian athlete who comes very close to gold and achieves the best result ever for an Italian (the other three medals by Evangelisti in 1987 and in 1991 and Howe in 2006 were all bronze). 🤩 WE HAVE A PHENOMENON Mattia Furlani's first "big" international medal: it's a silver flight with 8.22 in the long jump at the Indoor World Championships in Glasgow Ph. Grana/FIDAL #atleticaitaliana #Glasgow2024 #WICGlasgow24 pic.twitter.com/jBqGi91kdF — Atletica Italiana (@atleticaitalia) March 2, 2024 Furlani's statements after winning silver "It's incredible, especially the race at 10 in the morning with the Olympic champion, a medal, my first medal of this caliber, it's crazy, a dream, the result of so much work done in these weeks, I thank everyone who has followed my journey and we just have to continue on this path." These are the words of Mattia Furlani, moved and in tears full of joy for the silver medal won at the indoor athletics world championships in the long jump. "Since Budapest, I have gained a lot of experience with these important competitions, I am very pleased to have achieved such a result, with all the work we have done it is really incredible," he continued to the microphones of Rai, the 19-year-old Italian champion. "I really dreamed it a lot and achieving it is something else, I am really happy. I want to thank my mom first and foremost, she is the one who made me achieve this result, it was an incredible race."