Overview

• Larissa Iapichino finished second in the women’s long jump with 6.92m, missing gold by a single centimeter to Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo.
• Marta Zenoni broke a 45-year-old Italian mile record with a time of 4:17.16 for fifth place and Gaia Sabbatini also bettered the previous mark in 4:19.83.
• Wayne Pinnock won the men’s long jump with a leap of 8.20m, edging out Miltiadis Tentoglou (8.19m) and Carey McLeod (8.10m).
• Julien Alfred claimed the women’s 200m in 21.71 seconds to set a Saint Lucia national record, and Oblique Seville topped the men’s 100m in 9.86 seconds ahead of Noah Lyles (10.00).
• The strong showings by Italian and international athletes in London build on a season of record performances and feed into their preparations for September’s World Championships.