What time is Tamberi competing today? The schedule and start time for the high jump final

It’s Gianmarco Tamberi’s day at the European Athletics Championships currently underway in Birmingham, Great Britain. The Italian high jumper is competing in the men’s high jump final at the European Championships, where he’s aiming for a medal alongside three other Italian athletes: Matteo Sioli, Christian Falocchi, and Edoardo Stronati.

The competition is scheduled for Friday, August 14, at 9:00 p.m., and will be broadcast on Rai 2 and Sky Sport, and streamed on Rai Play, NOW, and Eurosport. Tamberi is aiming for his fourth gold medal at the European Championships, having won at the 2016, 2022, and 2024 editions of the continental championships.

Thirteen athletes will compete in the high jump final: in addition to the four Italian athletes, the field will include the two British jumpers Kimani Jack and Joel Clarke-Khan, Germany’s Falk Wendrich, Ukrainian Oleh Doroshchuk (who holds the best mark in Europe for 2026 at 2.33 meters), Greeks Antrea Mita and Antonios Merlos, Belgian Thomas Carmoy, Israeli Jonathan Kapitolnik, and Polish athlete Mateusz Kolodziejski. Drawing on his wealth of experience, Tamberi will attempt to pull off the feat, but the spotlight of the Italian team is also on 20-year-old Matteo Sioli, who cleared 2.30 meters at the Italian National Championships: great things are expected of him.

This isn’t the first time Sioli has made a name for himself on the international stage. The young Italian talent had already proven his worth at the World Championships in Tokyo in September 2025, where he finished in eighth place after clearing 2.24 meters on his second attempt, before falling short at 2.28 meters in his all-time debut at the world championships. That performance confirmed the enormous potential of the Milanese jumper, who was already capable of holding his own against the world’s best in his very first appearance. Even Sara Simeoni, a legend of Italian high jump, had spoken highly of him: “Matteo Sioli: 2.30 at age 19 is no small feat,” the Olympic champion had stated in a recent interview.

Tamberi himself praised Sioli and spoke about his performance to *La Gazzetta dello Sport*: “Hats off to Sioli; what I like most about him is that he challenges himself, asks for advice, and is podium material.” Stronati—and perhaps not many people know this—is coming off some tough days and is showing great character. Falocchi, regardless of his talent, has often faltered in qualifying. Making it to the final is no small feat for him.”

“Physically, I’m in great shape—better than I’ve been in the last two years. Even my knee, which caused me so much trouble in the past, has healed: I haven’t had a cortisone shot since July 2024. The rehabilitation and preventive work, which lasted all of last season, has yielded the hoped-for results. However, in 2025, precisely because my focus was elsewhere, I wasn’t able to jump. And when I did, I used the wrong technique. I still feel the effects of that in competition. I lack the boldness I’ve always had in high-pressure moments. I need to throw myself into it and break through certain barriers.”