Olympics: High-jumper Tamberi's gold defence in doubt due to stabbing kidney pain
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympics: High-jumper Tamberi's gold defence in doubt due to stabbing kidney pain

India Today  

Gianmarco Tamberi's defence of his Olympic high jump title is in doubt after the Italian experienced the same stabbing kidney pain that led him to visit the hospital days before the preliminary round. The 32-year-old shared gold with Qatar's Mutaz Barshim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but said he awoke at 5 AM on Saturday experiencing "stabbing" pain from kidney colic -- acute pain in the kidney area caused by an obstruction -- that had bothered him a few days earlier. Paris Olympics 2024: India Schedule | Full Coverage | Medal Tally Tamberi and Barshim both advanced to Saturday's final but it was anything but smooth as the Italian had three fails at 2.27 metres while the Qatari cleared it only after lengthy treatment for an injury. TAMBERI'S MEMORABLE MOMENT IN TOKYO One of the most memorable moments of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was the extraordinary display of sportsmanship and friendship between high jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending champion Tamberi likely to participate in final
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending champion Tamberi likely to participate in final

The Hindu  

Defending high jump champion, Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi is likely to participate in the final of the event to defend his Olympic title on Saturday. Tamberi’s participation in the final was in doubt after the Italian experienced the same stabbing kidney pain that led him to visit the hospital days before the preliminary round. “The federal medical staff, following the investigations …

Paris Olympics 2024: Tamberi’s gold medal defence in doubt due to return of kidney pain
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Tamberi’s gold medal defence in doubt due to return of kidney pain

The Hindu  

Gianmarco Tamberi’s defence of his Olympic high jump title is in doubt after the Italian experienced the same stabbing kidney pain that led him to visit the hospital days before the preliminary round. The 32-year-old shared gold with Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but said he awoke at 5 am on Saturday experiencing “stabbing” pain from kidney …

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi finishes 11th in men’s high jump final after visiting hospital hours earlier
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi finishes 11th in men’s high jump final after visiting hospital hours earlier

New York Times  

Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who made headlines at the Tokyo Olympics for sharing the gold medal with Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim, participated in the men’s high jump final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday just hours after going to the hospital. … Now they are going to do more tests on me to figure out what is going on, …

Paris Olympics 2024: Struggling Barshim, Tamberi through to high jump final
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Struggling Barshim, Tamberi through to high jump final

The Hindu  

Joint-defending champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim advanced to the high jump final but it was anything but smooth as the Italian had three fails at 2.27 metres and his Qatari rival cleared it only after lengthy treatment for an injury. “But in the past my qualification has never been good and then in the final something’s changed, so that’s …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Tamberi wins gold after thrilling high jump final, Barshim finishes third
1 year, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Tamberi wins gold after thrilling high jump final, Barshim finishes third

The Hindu  

Italy’s Olympic champion and showman Gianmarco Tamberi captured his first world high jump title on Tuesday, in a dramatic finish against young American JuVaughn Harrison. Tamberi, who famously shared the Olympic title with three-time world champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar, cleared a world-leading 2.36 metres for gold. CAMPIONE DEL MONDO 🚀 The Olympic champion becomes the high jump world champion …

World Athletics Championships, Gianmarco Tamberi: Athletes to watch out for
2 years, 8 months ago

World Athletics Championships, Gianmarco Tamberi: Athletes to watch out for

The Hindu  

Almost a year has passed since that historic high jump final in Tokyo, where Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and his Qatari counterpart Mutaz Barshim shared the gold in an attempt to uphold one of the notions of Olympics - friendship. 🚨 ICONIC OLYMPIC MOMENT ALERT 🚨 The men's high jump Olympic gold medal was shared between Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and …

Sharing Olympic gold at Tokyo was special but will not happen again, say high-jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim
2 years, 10 months ago

Sharing Olympic gold at Tokyo was special but will not happen again, say high-jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim

Firstpost  

Italian Tamberi and Qatar’s Barshim shared the high jump gold medal in one of the most extraordinary moments of the Tokyo Olympics last year. Doha: Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, who provided one of the emotional peaks of the Tokyo Olympics by sharing the high jump gold medal, will not repeat the gesture if they are tied again. Barshim, …

Yearender 2021: From Warholm's heroics to Tamberi-Barshim sharing gold, World's Top 10 Tokyo Olympic moments
3 years, 3 months ago

Yearender 2021: From Warholm's heroics to Tamberi-Barshim sharing gold, World's Top 10 Tokyo Olympic moments

India TV News  

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics saw athletes create new records and the Games witnessed many firsts. Elaine-Herah grabs a hat-trick of Gold in Tokyo Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File Photo of Elaine Thompson-Herah at Tokyo Olympics 2020. Lamont Jacobs strikes double Gold in Athletics Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File Photo of Lamont Jacobs in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Zverev takes …

Gianmarco Tamberi hopes to finish season on a high in Zurich
3 years, 6 months ago

Gianmarco Tamberi hopes to finish season on a high in Zurich

The Hindu  

Gianmarco Tamberi will never regret sharing the high jump gold with friend Mutaz Essa Barshim at the Tokyo Olympic Games but believes the choice to stop competing in such instances should be taken away from athletes. Italian Tamberi and Qatari Barshim both cleared 2.37m in Tokyo but failed at the world record height of 2.39m and chose to share the …

2020 Olympics: Qatar and Italy share Olympic high jump medals
3 years, 7 months ago

2020 Olympics: Qatar and Italy share Olympic high jump medals

The Independent  

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Can we have 2 golds? Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi share Tokyo Olympics high jump victory in heartwarming moment
3 years, 7 months ago

Can we have 2 golds? Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi share Tokyo Olympics high jump victory in heartwarming moment

India Today  

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo on Sunday - and persuaded organisers to let him share it with his friend and rival, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi. Barshim won bronze, later upgraded to silver, at the London 2012 Games He picked up another silver in Rio four years later …

Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share Olympic gold in emotional high jump final
3 years, 7 months ago

Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share Olympic gold in emotional high jump final

CNN  

CNN — They both cleared the highest bar, but when it came to deciding a winner, two Olympic high jumpers opted not to take it to a tie-breaker. During the long competition, 30-year-old Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, 29, executed the first six jumps up to 2.37 meters. Barshim’s gold medal has completed his Olympic set …

How two friends decided to share Olympic gold in Tokyo
3 years, 7 months ago

How two friends decided to share Olympic gold in Tokyo

Al Jazeera  

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim of Qatar agreed to share a gold medal at the Tokyo Games on Sunday in a competition settled not by clearing the top height but with a subtle nod. Barshim nodded and Tamberi instantly accepted, slapping Barshim’s hand and jumping to hug him. It would be far from the last celebration the two athletes, …

Qatar’s Barshim, Italy’s Tamberi share Olympic high jump gold
3 years, 7 months ago

Qatar’s Barshim, Italy’s Tamberi share Olympic high jump gold

Al Jazeera  

Rare shared gold came as Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi tied on 2.37-metre clearances in Tokyo. Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi have put the nightmare of serious injuries behind them to share a rare Olympic athletics gold in the high jump. Barshim – giving Qatar its first Olympic track and field title – and Tamberi recorded …

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