Italian High Jumper Gianmarco Tamberi Finishes Second-to-Last in His Event After Leaving Hospital to Compete

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Italian High Jumper Gianmarco Tamberi Finishes Second-to-Last in His Event After Leaving Hospital to Compete

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Italian athlete Gianmarco Tamberi was hoping to defend the men's high jump gold medal he won in Tokyo — but his body had other plans. Tamberi, 32, defied the odds on Saturday, Aug. 10 when he competed in the high jump final at the Paris Olympics, just hours after telling his Instagram followers that he'd been rushed to the emergency room after twice vomiting blood. Though he was determined to compete, Tamberi fell short of his gold medal goals, finishing in a second-to-last 11th place with 2.
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