FIDAL chief hails Tamberi, Iapichino, Fabbri 'diamonds'

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 15 - The president of the Italian athletics federation, Stefano Mei, on Sunday hailed Italy's best ever haul of three victories in the Diamond League finals in Brussels Saturday night with wiss buy high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, long jumper Larissa Iapichino and shot putter Leonardo Fabbri, who bettered the Italian record by three centimetres.
    "The trio of successes in Diamond League is almost the natural conclusion of a season that was even better than the previous ones," Mei told ANSA.
    "Tokyo, with its five golds, was the highest moment for athletics, we thought it was an unrepeatable thing and instead the lads and lasses repeated with the European Cup, the 24 medals in Rome (European championships, ed.), and 70% more finalists in Paris.
    "We are getting used to the extraordinary, winning three Diamond Leagues shows that our young people are now among those to beat.
    I'm very happy, although I would have been even happier if ti had gone this well also in Paris". (ANSA).