«Incredible... it can't be true. Yesterday, 2 hours after writing "I deserve it" on social media, I felt a shooting pain in my side. First aid, CT scan, ultrasound, blood tests... Probable kidney stone. And now I find myself 3 days after the race for which I sacrificed everything, lying in bed, helpless, with a fever of 38.8".
"Gimbo” Tamberi thus describes on social media what has happened in the last few hours, with great disappointment.
«I should have left for Paris today, and started my journey towards this great dream – continues the reigning Olympic champion –. And instead I was advised to postpone the flight until tomorrow, in the hope that, with a little rest, the nightmare would end."
«All I have to do is wait and pray... I don't deserve all this, I did everything for this Olympics, everything. I really don't deserve it. Only one thing is certain, I don't know how I'll get there, but I'll be there on that platform and I'll give my all until the last jump, whatever my condition. I swear it to you but even before that I swear it to myself!
So today he won't make it to the appointment with Paris, everything has been postponed until tomorrow.
(Unioneonline)
