Gianmarco Tamberi might’ve been taken to hospital earlier today, but the Italian still turned out for the men’s high jump final at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Tamberi had posted on Instagram a snap of him inside an ambulance, with reports he’d been suffering from abdominal pain.
Despite the pain, the high jumper who took gold in Tokyo turned out for the final at the Stade de France in Paris.
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