Athletics: Mattia Furlani sets a personal best and wins world gold.

At the World Athletics Championships, Italy celebrated a historic moment: Mattia Furlani dominated the long jump, winning the gold medal with a world-record distance. His extraordinary performance not only secured him the top step of the podium, but also wrote a new chapter in athletics history, confirming the young champion's talent and determination.

A triumph that will go down in the annals of history and that shines a global spotlight on Italian sport.

World Athletics Championships: Mattia Furlani sets world record and new personal best

Mattia Furlani, just 20 years old, wrote a memorable page in the history of Italian athletics with a leap of 8.39 meters in the long jump, achieved on his fifth attempt at the world final in Tokyo. This measurement not only represents a new personal best , improving on his previous record of 8.38 by one centimeter, but also marks an exceptional achievement in an extremely competitive race, where four athletes have cleared 8.30 meters.

Furlani overtook Jamaican Tajay Gayle (8.34 m) and Chinese Shi Yuhao (8.33 m), confirming his perfect timing and demonstrating power, lightness and speed, characteristics that for years have placed him among the best jumpers in the world.

World Athletics Championships: Mattia Furlani wins world gold and Italy triumphs

With this victory , Italy returns to the top step of the podium at the World Athletics Championships in the long jump, 24 years after Fiona May's last gold medal. Furlani's gold represents Italy's first gold medal at this edition of Tokyo, bringing the total number of Italian podium finishes to five (two silvers, two bronzes, and this gold) and the fourteenth in World Championship history.

The 20-year-old champion also becomes the youngest Italian athlete ever to win a world title, completing an already successful career: medals at the Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships, both indoors and outdoors, proving himself to be a true benchmark for Italian athletics.