Gianmarco Tamberi’s Heartbreak and Determination
Paris. Another renal colic throws Gianmarco Tamberi’s dream of defending his Tokyo Olympics I cried"”>high jump gold in Tokyo out of reach. The Italian star shared his devastating revelation on Instagram, expressing his despair and battling pain.
“It’s all over… I hoped until the end, I believed in it despite everything that had happened,” Tamberi wrote alongside a photo of himself with his head bowed in his arms. “I have received such great support and affection from all of you that has given me a unique strength to get up from this latest problem, but evidently it had to be this way.”
Despite the immense pain, Tamberi has decided to compete in the final. However, he expresses serious doubts about his ability to perform at his best under these circumstances.