Overview

• Nadia Battocletti added 5,000m bronze to her 10,000m silver in Tokyo, becoming the first Italian woman to win two medals at a single World Championships.
• Italy’s total reached seven medals, surpassing Göteborg 1995 for the nation’s best Worlds haul on record.
• The men’s 4x100m was first eliminated and then disqualified after contact on the final exchange involving Marcell Jacobs, while the women’s 4x400m qualified for the final.
• Antonella Palmisano withdrew from the women’s 20km walk citing legs that “stopped responding,” as the race was won by María Pérez.
• Italy defended the Billie Jean King Cup with a 2-0 win over the United States (Cocciaretto d. Navarro; Paolini d. Pegula) and the men’s volleyball team swept Argentina to reach the World Championship quarterfinals.