Chiellini wins Italy an Olympic gold medal…

Italy beat Great Britain to the Olympic gold medal in the 4x100m by just 0.01 of a second, and some gave Giorgio Chiellini the credit again.

The English must be starting to get a complex about Italians in sport this summer after losing the UEFA EURO 2020 final on penalties and now this medal right at the death.

Much like Leonardo Bonucci’s equaliser after an early Luke Shaw goal, Italy came from behind to win this race too, with Filippo Tortu chasing down Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake of Britain to just beat him on the line.

Some Internet wags had fun with the two events, theorising Chiellini had again been decisive by grabbing a Brit by the back of the collar to slow him down, photoshopping him into the image of the race.

Bukayo Saka replaced by Mitchell-Blake, but the result is the same: Italy take the trophy, England left with the consolation prize.