Two-time Olympic 800m finalist
Donato Sabia died at 56 of the coronavirus in Potenza on
Wednesday.
Sabia reached the 800m final at Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul
in 1988, as well as winning European indoor gold at Gothenburg
in 1984.
The Italian athletics federation FIDAL expressed its
condolences to the family and recalled Sabia as "an
extraordinary talent and a kind soul".
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