The athletes were already gone but it didn’t matter. The party in the stands went on without them as the members of the Italian delegation joyfully sang along with the song being played at National Stadium on another golden night for their nation at the Tokyo Olympics.
Italian anchor Filippo Tortu used a blazing final 100 to run down Great Britain’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake to lead Italy to another Olympic track and field gold medal with a win in the men’s 4x100-meter relay final on Friday night.
Tortu wasn't aware of fast he ran his leg and didn't seem too concerned about it afterward.