Eugene, 15 July 2022 – A qualification of immense suffering for Gianmarco Let’s go who manages to get the pass for the final in extremis world. Twice the Olympic champion was saved in the third attempt, first at 2.25 a whisker from elimination and then at 2.28, a measure that was sufficient for the final.
The race
On his way, the Olympic champion jumped without any problem up to 2.21. Then the agony takes over with the double error at 225 cm that make him go down to the 17th position. On the third attempt he overcomes the measure by making the bar dance: the 2.25m jumped keeps his world hopes alive. At that point, Let’s go it charges emotionally and does it screaming to give itself a greater boost in a real moment of difficulty. The next measure is unfortunately a script of the previous one: the Olympic champion misses the first and second jump at 2.28 while the opponents, who have passed unscathed up to 2.25, are wrong on the new measure. The last attempt on Tamberi’s 2.28 is heart-pounding, the Olympic champion puts the determination of the leader and jumps the measure easily. With this leap of heart and character, the Italian qualifies for the final scheduled for the night between 18 and 19 July. At the end 14 will be the finalists of the men’s high jump including the Olympic co-champion Barshimthe Americans McEwen e Harrison and Korean Woo among the main favorites. Sore point for the other Italian, Marco from Piedmont Fassinotti, which stopped at 2.25 m. Eliminated from the finals due to the mistakes made since the first jumps.
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