Hto a different energy Gianmarco Tamberi. It’s clear right away when he manages to turn up the volume at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, home of the European Athletics Championships. A rock star lent to the elliptical tartan tracks and PVC mattresses, the “stage” of high jump and his performances. And, like any self-respecting rock star, the 32-year-old “Gimbo” made his audience wait, made them suffer in some situations. Until giving him the greatest joy, crowned with a kiss worldwide for his wife Chiara Bontempi and an occasional hug to the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in the stands.
Gianmarco Tamberi’s “crazy” race
Tamberi has started his race at 2.22 meters, while the other competitors had already taken to the platform at 2.17 meters. After a first attempt that narrowly failed at 2.26 metres, he confidently cleared the measurement on his second attempt.
The voltage rose to 2.29 meters, where it has failed the first two jumpsbut in the third he found the energy and precision to clear the bar, thus securing a placed on the podium. From then on, Tamberi has flew towards goldexecuting a perfect jump at 2.31 meters and giving the public two incredible jumps at 2.34 e 2.37 meters. The latter is the third measurement in his careera quota that it had not exceeded for three years.
Springs and kisses with the wife
The champion, already the flag-bearer of Italy, faced a competition with a non-prohibitive technical level, but decided to embellish it with his crystalline talent and with a show that went well beyond the high jump. “Gimbo” celebrated his triumph with the usual exuberanceextracting one from a shoe handful of springsa symbol of his incredible ability to go beyond the bar.
Immediately afterwards, he ran under the curve of the Olympic Stadium for embrace his wife Chiara Bontempi, giving the public a moment of great emotion immortalized on social media by the organizers of the European Championships. The images of the tender kiss between the two quickly went around the web, testifying to the athlete’s human and affectionate side.
A dream list of awards
This gold is the third continental title of his career, adding to the European golds won in 2016 in Amsterdam and in 2022 in Monaco and world title won last year in Budapest. However, his most prestigious victory remains the 2021 Olympic gold in Tokyo. A crown that Gianmarco Tamberi will have to defend in less than two months at the Paris Olympic Games.
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