Tamberi wins at the Assoluti di Rieti: 2.26 in the play-off with Fassinotti

Gimbo confesses his fears: “The green light to compete only after a resonance”. Elena dominates the female test and with 1.98 she prints the second world performance of 2022

Italian high jump champion in Rieti, but the evening of the Olympian Gianmarco Tamberi was not very brilliant. Gimbo beat Marco Fassinotti in the play-off, both jumping 2.23 at the first attempt, then three errors at 2.26. At the play-off Gimbo win at 2., 26 after both had passed 2.23 again. For the Olympian it was not an easy eve, with many doubts about his participation, as he himself said: “The ok came only after an MRI”.

Good Elena

Female test of the high jump in fact with only one competitor: all stopped at 1.88, Elena Vallortigara was left alone and managed to overcome the measure of 1.98, the second world seasonal measure. Then the attempt at two meters failed, but an afternoon of applause remains for the athlete from Schio.

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