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Gianmarco Tamberi won the world indoor championship (+VIDEO)

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Published: 20 March 2016
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Gianmarco Tamberi fulfilled his status as the pre-event favourite to win Italy’s first world indoor championships gold medal in 15 years.

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Gianmarco Tamberi flirted with danger throughout the early stages of the competition, which lasted just under two hours, but he eventually fulfilled his status as the pre-event favourite to win Italy’s first world indoor championships gold medal in 15 years.

Once again sporting his familiar half-beard – having removed 50 per cent of his designer stubble the night before the competition – and with his hair gathered into a sumo-style topknot, Tamberi was the only man to negotiate 2.36m.

In the process, he continued his unbeaten record this season, extending his winning streak to five competitions.

The crucial height proved to be 2.33m with eight men in the 12-strong field still in contention.

Great Britain’s London 2012 Olympic Games bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz has struggled to gind his best form since knee surgery in May 2014 but cleared on his first attempt, 2016 US indoor champion Erik Kynard with his second and Tamberi his third, the latter having also got over 2.29m on this third attempt.

Defending champion Mutaz Essa Barshim also pulled up on his second attempt with a slight cramp and the Qatari opted to take his final available attempt at 2.36m.

After Grabarz and Kynard both brought the bar down with their first attempts at 2.36m, Tamberi’s nerve held and he sailed cleared.

Barshim then had a valient attempt to stay in the competition but also failed. After second attempt failures, Grabarz and Kynard gave everything to stay in the contest and had close third tries at 2.36m but both just nudged the bar off and victory was Tamberi’s

At 2.40m, with no one else competing in the Oregon Convention Centre and the spotlight solely on him, almost 7000 people remained in their seats to see whether Tamberi could clear a US indoor all-comers record of 2.40m, which would also have been an Italian record.

It didn’t happen but he had three respectable attempts which were close enough to suggest he may become the next member of the elite club of high jumpers, currently numbering 16, who have cleared 2.40m or higher.

source:Phil Minshull for the IAAF

RESULT AND SERIES: 

POSBIBATHLETECOUNTRYMARKDETAIL2.202.252.292.332.362.382.40
1 245 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA ITA 2.36 XO O XXO XXO O - XXX
2 216 Robert Grabarz GBR GBR 2.33 SB XO O XO O XXX
3 388 Erik Kynard USA USA 2.33 SB O O O XO XXX
4 320 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT QAT 2.29 O O O XX- X
5 228 Konstadínos Baniótis GRE GRE 2.29 O O XO XXX
6 157 Guowei Zhang CHN CHN 2.29 O XO XO XXX
7 361 Andriy Protsenko UKR UKR 2.29 O XXO XO XXX
8 209 Chris Baker GBR GBR 2.29 XO O XXO XXX
9 244 Marco Fassinotti ITA ITA 2.25 XO XO XXX
10 118 Donald Thomas BAH BAH 2.25 O XXO XXX
11 119 Jamal Wilson BAH BAH 2.20 O XXX
12 392 Ricky Robertson USA USA 2.20 SB XXO XXX

 

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