Overview
- Antonella Palmisano takes silver in the women’s 35 km race walk in 2:42:24 behind Spain’s Maria Perez, with Ecuador’s Paula Milena Torres earning bronze in humid conditions.
- Nadia Battocletti claims 10,000m silver behind world record-holder Beatrice Chebet and lowers the Italian record to 30:38.23, with Gudaf Tsegay third.
- Canada’s Evan Dunfee wins the men’s 35 km walk as Italy’s Riccardo Orsoni places eighth; Teodorico Caporaso is disqualified and Matteo Giupponi withdraws.
- Leonardo Fabbri qualifies for the shot put final at 20.95 as Nick Ponzio and Zane Weir exit; Italy’s mixed 4x400 reaches the final in 3:11.20, while Daisy Osakue falls short in the discus.
- Italy fields 90 athletes and aims to improve on its 2023 Worlds haul, with key names progressing or set to start, a late withdrawal for Massimo Stano, and Gianmarco Tamberi managing expectations as high jump qualifying approaches.