Mattia Furlani shines at Paris 2024: he leaps to 8.34 and takes bronze in the long jump

Mattia Furlani unveils his extraordinary talents at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

At the Stade de France, the Italian 'Spiderman' won the bronze medal in the long jump at the end of a highly tense competition, becoming the second Italian ever to stand on the Olympics podium in this speciality after Giovanni Evangelisti, who achieved another third place in the 1984 Los Angeles edition.

The 19-year-old from Castelli Romani (photo by Simone Ferraro/CONI), fifth in the qualifications with 8.01, set the tone early with jumps of 8.34 and 8.25. He then had two fouls, another 8.34, and finished with 8.27. The measurements of the first and penultimate jumps, only surpassed by Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou (8.48), the reigning Olympic, world, and European champion, and Jamaican Wayne Pinnock (8.36), proved decisive. 

It was another splendid achievement from the Roman athlete, who also won silver at the Glasgow indoor World Championships and the Rome European Championships earlier this season.