Gianmarco Tamberi gets right back to victory

Gianmarco Tamberi in Rovereto

The victory of Gianmarco Tamberi who jumps 2.29 in the second round, but also the new treble of Sintayehu Vissa in the 3000 meters, to success with 8:40.81 becoming the third Italian ever. Azzurri protagonists in the’edition number 60 of the Palio Città della Quercia in Rovereto where Gimbo took the stage greeted by the applause of the public, just a few days after his 2.27 third place at the Golden Gala in Rome.

È a fine evening in Trentino for the world and European champion, author of the decisive measure after also clearing 2.26 in the second round while Jamaican Romaine Beckford had succeeded in the first one, then failing at 2.29.

The race of the Italian star in the high ends with three errors at 2.35 but he can still smile: “Very happy because it is always nice to win at home – the words of the Marche athlete of the Fiamme Oro – even if the fatigue begins to be felt and the last period è was really difficult, but I wanted to honor the promise to be there again. I had a great time and I think the audience had a great time as well. All this affection and warmth gives me so many emotions”.

Finishing third was Stefano Sottile (Fiamme Azzurre, 2.23 tied with Japan’s Tomohiro Shinno), in his first outing after missing the Olympic podium by a whisker (fourth in Paris) and forfeiting the Italian leg of the Diamond League due to physical problems, fifth Manuel Lando (Aeronautica) at 2.20.