Gianmarco Tamberi flies to the Games: World championship gold in high jump guarantees a pass for Paris 2024

And it wasn’t just the gold medal. The first world career triumph in Budapest (Hungary) also earned Gianmarco Tamberi an individual pass for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

In the high jump final, the captain of the national athletics team brought home the victory with 2.36, exceeding the minimum qualifying measurement (2.33) by a good three centimetres.

The win opens the doors to a third Olympics for the phenomenal talent from Italy’s Marche region (photo ANSA). He will be one of the great protagonists in the French Olympic event, after the gold clinched in Tokyo 2020, shared with the Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim.