At the European Athletics Championships currently underway in Birmingham, Italy secured its first two medals through a one-two finish in the men's shot put: gold for Leonardo Fabbri with 22.31 metres and silver for Zane Weir with 21.12 metres.

Fabbri, 29, from Bagno a Ripoli, led the competition from the first throw and confirmed the continental title he won two years ago in Rome. Weir, a South African naturalized Italian, achieved the second-best mark of the event, ahead of Sweden's Simon Petterson. According to qualification data, three Italians advanced to the final: Fabbri first with 21.29 metres, Nick Ponzio third with 20.48, and Weir ninth with 19.80, while Riccardo Ferrara was eliminated. Ponzio then finished the final in sixth place.

The entire Italian team competed wearing mourning armbands in memory of Livio Berruti, gold medallist in the 200 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics and a historic figure in Italian athletics.

As for the other events of the day, the Italian 4x400 mixed relay finished sixth, behind Norway, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Zaynab Dosso placed seventh in the 100 metres, won by Britain's Amy Hunt. Sara Fantini advanced to the hammer throw final, while Erika Saraceni and Dariya Derkach qualified for the triple jump final, with those events scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

According to some media outlets, athlete Mattia Furlani sustained an injury that would prevent him from continuing the season, though details of the incident have not been uniformly confirmed across available sources.