2025 — 2026
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Beyond seven metres
In 2025, at the Palaindoor in Padova, she produced the best season opener of her career with 6.86 m. On Sunday 23 February 2025 she was named Officer of the Italian Republic, presented by FIDAL President Stefano Mei, in recognition of her Olympic fourth place and European silver in 2024.
On 8 March she won gold at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn with 6.94 m, and on 31 May she broke the seven-metre barrier with 7.06 m in Palermo. On 29 June she won the European Team Championships in Madrid with 6.92 m, and on 28 August she took her second consecutive Diamond League Final trophy in Zurich. She ended the season ranked third in the world.
In the 2026 indoor season she won the World Indoor Tour, with two consecutive victories in the series, and claimed her ninth Italian title. Straight after, she took silver at the World Indoor Championships in Toruń. On 4 July she set a new Italian record of 7.12 m in Eugene, at the Prefontaine Classic, one of the most prestigious Diamond League meetings; on 16 August she won long jump gold at the European Championships in Birmingham.
After finishing second at the Diamond League Final, on 11 September in Budapest she won the title of Ultimate Champion — the championship of champions — becoming the world’s number one ranked long jumper.
