Luca Sito, who’s the brand new blue phenomenon of the 400. Between Milan, cheering for Napoli, and saying goodbye to soccer: “There are ugly folks”

“Hi there, my identify is Luca Sito, I do athletics. Fairly good, as you’ve gotten seen”. That is how the brand new phenomenon of Italian athletics presents itself, which isn’t one of many now consolidated Lorenzo Simonelli, Zaynab Dosso, Mattia Furlani, Catalin Tecuceanu, Chituru Ali. His identify is Luca Sito, he’s 21 years outdated and arrived like a meteor within the 400 meters. Preceded on the European Championships in Rome by an important fraction within the silver combined relay, nicely underneath 45 from a standing begin. The following day one other splendid outing within the 400 heats, then within the semifinal the looks of the brand new Italian report holder, who lowers the brand new nationwide restrict to 44”75, incomes the go for the Paris Olympics. A end line that he discovers virtually by probability, and that strikes him for a second. Straight away, actually, his profession has modified. From a complete unknown he participated within the World Relay Championships in Nassau qualifying together with his teammates within the 4×400 in Paris. Now the European Championships, the person go and Monday night the assault on a medal (last at 9.40 pm). Earlier than Rome 2024 his private greatest was 45”35, in two days he has taken six tenths off it.

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by Mattia Chiusano

June 10, 2024

Milanese, trains with Tortu in Giussano

Luca Sito is a “tall” 400m runner, who stands as much as 1.90m tall and weighs 80kg. He’s from Porta Romana in Milan and trains in Giussano with Filip Tortucompetes for Cus Professional Patria, however has Neapolitan roots. Like his father Marcowho handed on to him the eagerness for Napoli (and for Maradona), following him as a lot as potential on away matches collectively together with his mom Barbarato the brothers Antonio and Mary Carla. He’s coached by an rising coach like Alessandro Simonelli (Vinegar, Bellò, De Masi), however what’s unimaginable is the 12 months during which the brand new Italian phenomenon started to get critical about athletics: “Till 2019 I performed soccer, on the wing, I used to be nonetheless registered, however I do not miss the ball as a result of just a few ugly folks grasp round it. Since 2020, proper throughout Covid, I’ve devoted myself to athletics, a lovely surroundings even at very excessive ranges”.

The ambition is the Olympic semi-final

Spectacular outcomes have arrived in a short while. His ease of working and his 12 months of start, 2003, recommend monumental margins for enchancment, nicely past the report he broke by 2 hundredths of a second. David KingFinal 12 months he virtually reached the person last on the European Below-23 Championships in Espoo, now he can goal for an Olympic semi-final alongside the best on the planet, together with the South African report holder From Niekerk who he requested for an autograph in Nassau. Whereas ready to signal autographs and pose for selfies with the followers, the Olimpico is able to have fun him in one other intense blue second.