Athletics - Italian Olympic 800 metres finalist Sabia dies from COVID-19

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Athletics: Italian Olympic 800 metres finalist Sabia dies from COVID-19

CONI said in a statement that Sabia had been in the intensive care unit of the San Carlo hospital on Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, for"a few days."Sabia finished fifth in the 800 metres at Los Angeles in 1984 and seventh in Seoul four years later. He won the gold medal in the same event at the European Indoor Championships in 1984.

"It's a tragedy within a tragedy," said FIDAL president Alfio Giomi in a statement."Donato was a person who you couldn't not love."

 

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