"The World Championships in Tokyo? I don't know, it's complicated." Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi stated after today's event, where he placed eleventh at the Diamond League meeting in Chorzów, Poland. "This year, I started training very late; knee rehabilitation took up most of my time. I'm way behind, and I see it in my technique: even if I could improve a lot, I don't know to what extent, and I wouldn't want it to be a stretch to go to the World Championships."
Tamberi postpones his final decision: "I'll decide, but not immediately after a race, and not alone. If I don't see a way to turn this situation around, even if I perform better with more pressure, then I'll continue along this year's path : what matters is being able to work well for Los Angeles 2028."
On today's performance in Chorzów: "I knew it would be difficult to pull off a good performance landing here practically an hour before the race, instead of a couple of days before as usual," said Tamberi, who became the father of a daughter, Camilla, two days ago . "But it felt right to be there, because I had given my word to the meeting and my team. I have a lot of energy inside, but also physical fatigue, and I'm coming off a difficult period sportingly, as we know, but I gave it a try."
(Unioneonline)
