Gianmarco Tamberi, 11th place 48 hours after becoming a father

For Gianmarco Tamberi, the lightning trip to Poland (48 hours after the birth of his first-born daughter) did not yield the hoped-for results. The Olympic, world and European champion cleared 2.14 on the second round but missed three times on the next height at 2.18, a clear error the first, two similar jumps the second and the third lowering the bar in the second phase of the jump, finishing in eleventh position.

The success comes to New Zealand’s Olympic champion in Paris Hamish Kerr, who climbs to a season personal best of 2.33 and misses twice at 2.35. Stopping at 2.28 were Harrison of the United States and Ukrainian Doroshchuk.

“I am convinced that becoming a father is the strongest emotion I have ever experienced, proud of the woman who is Chiara, already in love with little Camilla,” the words of Gianmarco Tamberi.

£I knew it would be difficult to pull out the performance by landing here practically an hour before the race, instead of a couple of days before as usual, but it felt right to be there because I had given the word to the meet and to my team. I have a lot of energy inside, but also physical fatigue and I come from a difficult period sports-wise, as we know, however I tried”.

“World Championships in Tokyo? I do not know, it is complicated. This year I started my preparation very late, the rehabilitation of the knee took most of the time. I am very behind and I see it in technique: even if I can put so much more into it, I don&#8217t know to what extent and I don&#8217t want it to be a stretch to go to the Worlds, I will decide but not right after a competition and not alone. If I don’t see that I can turn this around, even if with more pressure I perform better, then I will continue the path of this year: what matters is to be able to work well for Los Angeles 2028“, he concluded.