Overview

• Battocletti adds 5,000m bronze to her 10,000m silver, joining a short list of Italians with two medals at a single Worlds and lifting Italy to seven total medals.
• Italy’s haul stands at one gold, three silvers and three bronzes, highlighted by Mattia Furlani’s long jump title and podiums spanning multiple events.
• Antonella Palmisano stops in the 20 km walk saying her legs would not respond, as Maria Perez wins the race in 1:25:54.
• The men’s 4x100 exits after a contact in the second exchange; the jury rejects FIDAL’s protest and Marcell Jacobs says he felt a touch while in his lane.
• The women’s 4x400 reaches today’s final with the last qualifying time, while Italy’s men open the volleyball round of 16 in Manila against Argentina and take the first set.