Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi has been taken to hospital simply days earlier than he is because of begin the defence of the excessive soar title he memorably shared in Tokyo.
The Italian mentioned he had a suspected kidney downside, simply three days earlier than the qualifying spherical is because of start on the Paris Video games.
In some of the iconic moments in Tokyo three years in the past, Tamberi and Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim agreed to share gold after asking permission from the occasion officers after they couldn’t be break up – having recorded the identical clearances.
On Sunday, nevertheless, Tamberi posted an image of himself, exterior in a hospital mattress and mentioned: “Unbelievable… this cannot be true. Yesterday… I felt a stabbing ache in my facet.
“Emergency room, CT scan, ultrasound, blood check. Possible kidney stone.
“And now I discover myself, three days earlier than the occasion for which I sacrificed every part, mendacity in a mattress, helpless, with a fever of 38.8.”
The 32-year-old mentioned he had been suggested to postpone his journey to Paris till Monday.
“Just one factor is for certain, I do not understand how I’ll get there, however I will probably be there on that platform and I’ll give my soul till the final soar, no matter my situation will probably be,” he added.
The qualifying competitors takes place on Wednesday morning, with the ultimate on Sunday.