For Gianmarco Tamberi Tuesday 11 June was yet another day to remember. “Gimbo” won gold in the high jump at the European Athletics Championships and to celebrate he hugged Sergio Mattarella. During the meeting with the President of the Republic, the athlete from the Marche was wrapped in a flag of dirty Italy blooda non-random detail.
Tamberi wins the gold and goes to Mattarella with a flag stained with blood
Tamberi won the race Rome 2024 skipping the measurement of 2.37, which was skipped on the first attempt. Her dominance on the platform started the celebrations.
After faked an injury and gave a real one show to the audience at the Olimpico, “Gimbo” ran from Mattarella. But why was the blue athlete wrapped in a bloody tricolor? He gave the explanation himself:
We will go to the Paris Olympics with the desire to rock everything. This evening I had the flag stained with blood, it means that we will fight to the end, I assure you that all the athletes will.
The European Athletics Championships as a springboard for Paris
In short, for Tamberi all roads lead to Paris. Also the European Championship in Rome, considered by the Italian team as a step towards the next ones Olympic Games.
In the French capital “Gimbo” wants to get to the top of his form to try to succeed in a feat that no one else before him has achieved in the high jump: winning two consecutive Olympic gold medals.
Flag bearer blue in Paris, blue last night at the microphones of Rai Sportensured maximum commitment from the entire Olympic expedition.
Italy towards the Olympic expedition
The three-time European champion is full of energy and is ready to bet on his teammates.
“This Italy is incredible – he underlined to journalists immediately after winning his race – what has changed is the head“.
According to Tamberi now “the kids compete with the desire to achieve their goal and not with the fear of failure“.
“Now you see them coming down to the platform with eyes full of dreams“, concluded the Marche native before running to Mattarella.
Photo source: ANSA
