Tokyo Olympics | Italy pulls off a stunning victory in 4x100 relay
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The 4x100 relay produced the biggest surprise on Friday with Italy winning its first men’s 4x100m medal since the 1948 Olympics. And this time it was gold! After Lamont Jacobs won a surprise gold in the 100m, Filipoo Tortu produced a fine anchor leg and pipped Great Britain’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, to grab the gold by one-hundredth of a second in a national record 37.50s. In the women’s event, the Jamaicans appeared anxious, worried whether they had messed up the first baton exchange where they finished first, till the official results announced them as winner in 41.02s.More Related News