Mattarella: “Tamberi missed two jumps on purpose at 2.29, he wanted to make a Hitchcock-style thriller”

"I committed an infringement of the Quirinale protocol by going to the Olimpico twice, but it was worth it"

ROME – “We have met several times with some of you, with those from athletics in the last two days in a more intense manner. Yesterday I committed an infringement of the protocol of the Quirinale, going a second time to the same event, but I assure you he was worth it.” The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella appreciated the show of Italian athletics. In particular the one personale by Gimbo Tamberi : “The more I think about the evening the day before yesterday, the more I doubt that he wanted to stage a Hitchcock-style thriller with two nulls at 2.29 and then calmly skipped 2.37“.< /p>

During the meeting with the Italian athletics team leaving for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Mattarella dressed as a fan. The greeting to the athletes at Colle is truly full of emotion and participation. At the end, the Azzurri ‘compete’ for a selfie with the president, who, between handshakes and smiles, does not shy away. And he encourages them: “You will go to Paris and involve our fellow citizens who will follow you intensely, obviously I will be among them”. And he concludes: “As a result of your performances, many boys and girls, and even adults, will be encouraged to practice sports, and this is a significant result.”