The disappointment of Caorle’s absolute is behind him, but for Tokyo he will decide after the next two races
But yes, come on, it could not be that of seven days before. What Caorle’s Absolute had entered the race on the measure of 2.02 – had not happened since time immemorial – and then, after having struggled both on 2.07 and 2,12, he had seen herself rejected by the sticker at 2.16, even closing in fifth place: the last time he had ended further back in a national assembly had happened to the 2011 indoor absolute, but was still junior. And since he himself did not want to believe that his level was that of Caorle, Gimbo wanted to ribotta immediately in the arena. He made it yesterday at the Heilbronn Meeting, Germany. Where he also resorted to his “Half Shave”, the half -beard, as for great occasions. Superstition? It may be. That if nothing else gave him the nervous energy to erase the frustration of the defeat of the previous week. In addition, it also put a unusual version of double outfit: at the beginning of the Fuchsia jersey and Fantasia shorts, which then changed to the yellow color, a little more sober.
down from the podium
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It is there, it would not be the histrionic Gimbo, an athlete who also draws food from these curtains. What mattered most, however, was to try to return to the most appropriate measures to its value, despite the context of a “work in progress” situation of which Tamberi himself is perfectly aware. In the end, the third seasonal output yielded the fourth place with 2.20, which in fact is the seasonal personal primacy, 4 centimeters better than 2.16 with which he had sent the debut of June 6 to the Golden Gala on the report. In short, lukewarm signs of awakening behind the German Tobias Potye (2.27), the New Zealand Olympian Hamish Kerr and the Czech Jan Stefela (2.24 for both).
animals
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Gimbo made his debut exceeding 2.10 in the first test, and he did the same on the 2.15, albeit with a bump of bar. At 2.20 he failed the first approach, however redeemed to the second attempt, on the notes of “Animals” by Martin Garrix, complete with a final liberating scream. On the other hand, nothing to do in the three assaults on 2.24, a measure that would have a decidedly sweeter flavor. But, if nothing else, the black afternoon of Caorle with those 8 centimeters of progress has been redeemed. And on the road that leads to the World Cup – qualifications on Sunday 14 September, possible final on Tuesday 16 – it is a step forward, even if not yet decisive. In recent days, in the light of the disappointment of the absolute, Gimbo had been clear: “I have to understand if it makes sense to accelerate to make the World Cup or if to take more time and finalize the recovery in the next three seasons that lead to Los Angeles”.
soon dad
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Before making a definitive decision, Gimbo – who in the meantime approaches the date of the birth of the first -born, scheduled for mid -August – will await at least the next two agonistic commitments, both in Diamond League: Saturday in Chorzow, Poland (giving birth of his wife Chiara permitting), and Friday 22 in Brussels. But the blue captain, a race animal as perhaps the Italian athletics never had, has accustomed us to unexpected resurrections, especially to bring out the cylinder performance to the borders of the miracle on the occasion of the most prestigious contexts.
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