Paris 2024 Olympics, Gianmarco Tamberi closes in tears

Gianmarco Tamberi closes in tears

In the end, Gianmarco Tamberi è managed to show up on the platform for Saturday night’s high jump final, but despite his efforts, his precarious physical condition played a decisive role in the negative: in fact, the Italian champion did not manage to exceed 2 meters and 27 centimeters and must therefore say goodbye to any hope of repeating the success of three years ago in Tokyo.

Gimbo, who through his social profiles recounted a nightmarish night and a very difficult day due to the recurrence of a kidney colic that had already debilitated him in recent days, è managed to exceed 2.22 on the third attempt, even abundantly, but at the next measure, the 2.27, he always threw down the bar.

Having closed his competition, Tamberi è ran to the corner of the stadium where his staff was present and è literally burst into tears: the jumper from Marche region wanted so much to give another satisfaction to his fans and to all Italian athletics fans, but he did not succeed.

The captain of the national track and field team as well as flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 (during which, among other things, he had lost his wedding ring in the Seine) must therefore say goodbye to the French capital after a certainly not lucky adventure, characterized by health problems that came up at just the least opportune moment.