A secret algorithm and a coach obsessed with numbers are behind Italy’s recent relay success on the track. Italy has been able to contend with the much faster Americans and the more talented Jamaicans on a consistent basis lately because of Filippo Di Mulo.
Italian coach Filippo Di Mulo films a baton exchange between Marco Ricci, left, and Lorenzo Patta during a training session in Rome, Friday, April 19, 2024. Italian coach Filippo Di Mulo watches the women’s relay team training in Rome, Friday, April 19, 2024. Italian coach Filippo Di Mulo talks with athletes during a relay team training session in Rome, Friday, April 19, 2024.
“He’s a magician,” said Zaynab Dossu, Italy’s top female 100-meter sprinter. “He thinks about all the details and all we have to do is run.”Di Mulo first saw signs that his methods were working with a 4x100 silver at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona. Right arm stretched backward perfectly straight, eyes looking forward, Patta takes the baton in one seamless motion.
At last year’s worlds, Di Mulo moved Patta to the third position so he could be involved in two handoffs.The Italians practice their handoffs by standing still and moving the baton rapidly from one to another for nearly a half hour during every training session. Sometimes with their eyes closed.
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