Rome, 20 September (LaPresse) – The Italian technical staff has finalised the relay teams competing in the heats of the World Athletics Championships, taking place today in Tokyo: in the men's 4×100, the quartet will consist of Desalu, Jacobs, Patta and Melluzzo; in the women's 4×100, Fontana, Hooper, Kaddari and Pavese will be on the track; in the women's mile relay, Polinari, Troiani, Bonora and Mangione will compete. Filippo Tortu, the last relay runner in the Olympic final at the Tokyo 2021 Games, has therefore been excluded from the men's sprint relay.