FROM THE SENT TO EUGENE. Barshim flies and Tamberi climbs as far as she can. The Olympic couple separates at the World Cup where the gold of Qatar is confirmed and the blue remains in fourth place, down from the podium however at 2.33, his best measure of the season despite the physical problems. The friend goes over 2.37, all on the first try, all without a mistake and without a flaw and takes the third consecutive title.
Gimbo, with half a beard, is happy to have brought out his character and courage and yet frustrated by his position, when the race leaves the 2.30 level it becomes difficult to stay on course: «I hadn’t seen those measures for a long time. I was so afraid of not being able to express myself for the pain, but when I wear the Italy shirt every morning I wake up with extra energy. A crescendo ». Before the race “I felt I could break the world” and he tried. Twice «back to the wall», his natural condition and twice safe, survived, for a while even third. It would have been a great result, a reward, but the Korean Woo pushes himself to 2.35 and guarantees silver, so the bronze goes to the Ukrainian Protsenko: “The credit goes to the others who went high, they did well, I I put my heart and soul into it and brought home an example of resilience to Italy. If that podium was not good for me that he went to Ukraine in this difficult moment ».
Now the blue stops, first for a few hours right here, in Eugene, “I devour a sandwich with a giant hamburger and chips, I really have to breathe after spending 72 hours a day watching videos to try to stem my problem as much as possible physicist”. Then at home too, a minimum of respite before recalibrating the options for the European Championships in mid-August. There remains the pain in the deadlift leg that starts when he reaches the corner, where he usually accelerates and makes the difference: «We worked on the visualizations and found a trick to run on the ground, with the leg coming back fast. I put my hips in first so that I don’t exactly make the gesture that I know how to trigger the pain, it still comes but at least I don’t trigger it. It was very hard to prepare in this way for bread and painkillers ». Better the hamburger.
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