Gianmarco Tamberi graduates as Italian champion on Marco Fassinotti, then they discuss on social networks Gimbo d his version: I wanted to shake his hand, he grinned to make fun of me
And yellow card in an athletics competition by behavior unsportsmanlike (and not for a false start, sanction 18.5 of the disciplinary regulation) a rare fact. That the warning was then given to a Olympic champion come Gianmarco Tamberi – all known for his sportiness – an even more striking fact.
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Yet happened to Rieti on Sunday afternoonimmediately after the end of the high jump competition dovand Gimbo (nervous and with technical problems in the run-up) won his sixth Italian title after a play-off with Marco Fassinotti. Having reached 2 and 26 with the same number of errors, the two both failed the odds: to assign the title the bar was first lowered to 2 and 24 (surpassed by both) and then again to 2 and 26, above which only Tamberi flew.
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The images of Atletica Tv show the two getting closer and then, after a quick exchange, Gimbo blatantly send his colleague to that country twice (or worse) of the Air Force. The judge-referee on the platform – who has seen and heard everything – has decided to punish the Olympian’s gesture with a yellow card for improper conduct or unsportsmanlike behavior by reporting the note in the scoresheet. Feeling hot, the two gave opposite explanations. Fassinotti, from Piedmont, 33, athlete from 2 to 35, said he only wanted to clarify to Tamberi that he could not make other attempts at higher altitudesbecause the regulation does not allow it after a play-off. Tamberi, on the other hand, said he was provoked from the opponent.
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With the bowls stopped, Tamberi explains himself and apologizes on Instagram for the reaction but continues to accuse Fassinotti of provoking him: I want to apologize for my gesture – he explains – because it is wrong. In a moment of maximum tension, during a race, I reacted to a provocation and I certainly made a mistake. Once I finished the jump I went over to Marco to give him his hand and congratulate him, because he had had a great race. But as I held out my hand to him, he replied with a grin, as if to say: “it is true that you have won, but what you wanted you will not be able to get it”. A mockery. At that moment I didn’t see us anymore it was the whole competition that was teasing me. This thing had already happened in the past: I remember very well when in 2013 I tried in every way to defeat him, but he didn’t let me and teased me throughout the race. Sportsmanship is the most important thing: in our sport and in life, so I apologize.
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Tamberi, already booked in the past for too much football celebration (he had taken off his shirt after a good jump), he had problems with the jury even at the last Golden Gala where he was called to a more correct behavior for the too blatant and prolonged way in which he called the applause of the audience during his jumps.
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June 27, 2022 (change June 27, 2022 | 18:23)
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