Time.news – The emotion, the happiness, the disbelief in living the dream of every child who is passionate about basketball. Gianmarco Tamberi, Olympic high jump champion in Tokyo 2020, went down on the Cleveland parquet during the Italian night to participate in the challenge between celebrities at the All Star Game 2022, organized as every year by the NBA. And with a couple of dunks that went viral he brightened up the evening and excited the audience. That for the Celebrity Game was a call that even he did not believe, born in 1992, a native of Civitanova Marche, who has always been a lover of basketball, so much so that he dedicated some exultation to every bar jumped in his discipline.
He had announced through social media that it would be a special day, full of emotions, so much so that his joy has infected his teammates, opponents and those who followed him in front of the TV. But on the pitch ‘Gimbo’ put all the competitive spirit he could, as if he were on the platform and, in fact, at 1’35 ‘from the interval he returned to’ fly ‘recalling the gold he won in Tokyo.
On a 4-point shot (yes, a special area was set up for distance shooting), missed by a teammate, Tamberi rushed to rebound and, going well beyond the 3.15m of the iron, he nailed a super dunk on the fly that drove everyone present at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse crazy.
A play that went viral, with Gimbo repeating himself later but nailing everything alone on the counterattack. In the end, the 29-year-old from Marche signed a double double of 15 points and 10 rebounds, also receiving compliments from his coach Domique Wilkins, legend of the Atlanta Hawks with a past also at Fortitudo Bologna. “Do you realize what crazy it was today? Hallucinating, a dream come true” Tamberi continued on social media once back at the hotel, again underlining how his presence at the All Star Game will never be forgotten, on a par with a Olympic gold.