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Gianmarco Tamberi up for best European athlete of the year
Gianmarco Tamberi in contention for the best European athlete of the year
Photos of Gianmarco Tamberi’s jubilation over winning the world title
A month after his world triumph in Budapest, the only gold missing from his collection of wonders, Gianmarco Tamberi è officially nominated for European Athlete of the Year. The ‘champion of everything’ simultaneous master of the Olympic, world and European titles, è is among the ten Golden Tracks nominees in the “Men’s European Athlete of the Year” category, in the company of the continent's other greats, from Swedish pole king Armand Duplantis to Norwegians Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karsten Warholm.
The winner of the award, a classic end-of-season recognition, will be unveiled at this year's European Athletics ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 21. Tamberi can boast of the world title in the high hurdles won in Hungary on Aug. 22 with a world lead of 2.36 and the role of captain in the first historic Italian victory at the European Team-Cup Europe Championships in Chorzow in June. But above all, and this goes even beyond athletics and sports, he can count on his ability to engage, excite and entertain audiences that has few equals in the world.
“One month since one of the most important sporting feats of my career and still hearing ‘champion of everything’ gives me chills after what I have been through,” he wrote today on personal social profiles, “but even more, it gives me chills to think about the affection you have shown me and the wonderful words you have said to me in these days. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who are and forever will be, the most beautiful part of this trip. Italians do it better!”.
At the announcement of his candidacy, the Marche-based jumper of the Fiamme Oro immediately received an avalanche of ‘likes’ on European Athletics profiles: you can vote until October 2 and the preferences expressed will contribute 25 percent to the final decision, which will be determined, for the other three quarters, by the vote of the Federations, the media and a panel of experts. The same formula will also define the winners of the “Rising Star” category, in which long distance runners Larissa Iapichino and Mattia Furlani are candidates.
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So Alessandro Nesta, Monza coach, on the eve of the match against Como: “It’s an important match for us because it’s been a difficult season, we’ve been missing something. Winning a derby can help put a piece to the season, it would be important, we hope to do well.”
Facing us will be mister Cesc Fabregas who in the conference spoke of a Monza that was difficult to beat and that, net of the standings, put many teams in trouble: “I return the esteem because he plays great soccer, his idea has been seen throughout the championship. I have to congratulate him”.
The derby against the Larians will be the first ever in Serie A at the’U-Power Stadium: “I hope tomorrow will be anyone’s day, anyone who wants to do their best to make history. If you win 1-0, 30 years from now we will remember that derby won because of a player. It’s an opportunity to stay in the history of this club. I would rather win the derby than finish second to last. You are always relegated, but if you win the derby you stay in history”.
Nesta recovers, at least for the bench, Luca Caldirola, Andrea Carboni and Stefano Sensi. “What I try to convey to the players are the difficulties I had. I had surgery 10 times and stopped at 38. All players have difficulties, but it matters how you react to difficulties. It’s easy to tell that I won the Champions League or that I won the World Cup, but you also have to tell that I lost a derby 5-1 and that I left the Olimpico in a helicopter. If you are given up for dead, you have to bring out the fire in you. Would I reconfirm myself next season? No, given the results”.
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When there were 30 minutes to the end of FP2 resumed the activity on the track, interrupted for the Jack Doohan’s very bad accident.
But the red flags were soon back flying for the’Fernando Alonso off the track, ended up in the sand without consequences for driver and car.
The tow truck had to intervene, however, to pull the’Aston Martin out of the gravel. Meanwhile, Doohan is at the medical center for checks.
Moral of the fairy tale, the second free practice session was interrupted four times by red flags, two due to Doohan and Alonso accidents and two due to principles of fire on the grass at the edge of the track due to very strong winds.
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Federica Brignone spent a quiet night at the La Madonnina Clinic in Milan. The Fisi Medical Commission that examined her this morning is satisfied with her post-operative course. Later in the day, the champion from Valle d’Aosta will begin assisted physiotherapy.
The ANSA reported the first words after the terrible injury at the Italian championships in Val di Fassa of the winner of the overall World Cup, the second of her career, as well as the downhill and giant slalom trophies and gold in giant slalom and silver in super-G at the World Championships.
“At the happiest time in my career, it just didn’t take, I had another month of work ahead of me and I was looking forward to it. Instead, I will have to face a new challenge in which I will put all of myself, as always,” Federica said.
“The track conditions were great, I was fine, and if I went back I would do everything the same again….trying, however, not to fall!” added Federica finding the strength to joke.
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