VIDEO| European Athletics Championships: Tamberi oro runs to embrace president Mattarella

Without shoes, now out of use, the athlete goes up to the stands to see his first supporter

ROME – An uncontainable joy and that liberating run which is now a fragment imprinted in history, just like his shoes full of springs. Gianmarco Tamberi wins gold at the European Athletics Championships and the Olimpico in Rome explodes in a roar that is difficult to forget. President Sergio Mattarella, Gimbo’s first supporter, was also in the stands to rejoice.

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And, in the general delirium, Tamberi surprises and runs right to the president. Without shoes, now out of order, he goes up to the stands and embraces Mattarella, smiling and proud of the 32-year-old. The result is an image that moves the public in front of the TV and on social media and which is already among the most viral of Tamberi’s unforgettable evening.