Sorry my love, I am so sorry. Too much water, too many kg lost in the last few months or maybe the uncontrollable enthusiasm of what we were doing. Probably all three things, but the fact remains that I felt it slip off, I saw it fly… I followed it with my eyes until I saw it bounce into the boat.” Gianmarco Tamberi apologizes to his wife, Chiara Bontempi, for the lost wedding ring during the parade at the Paris 2024 ceremony.
“A glimmer of hope… But unfortunately, the bounce was in the wrong direction and as it floated in the air a thousand times, I saw it dive into the water as if that was the only place it wanted to be,” explained the Olympic high jump champion, who, along with apologizing to his wife, displayed his usual humor by posting an image-photo montage of the final scene of The Lord of the Rings, where the protagonist Frodo sees the ring fall into the volcano.
“A few moments that lasted an eternity… But if it had to happen, it had to happen, if I had to lose this ring, I couldn’t imagine a better place. It will remain forever in the bed of the river of the city of love, flown away while I was trying to raise the Italian flag as high as possible during the opening ceremony of the world’s most important sporting event. If I had to come up with an excuse, I would never have been so imaginative. I think there can be a huge poetic side behind yesterday’s mishap and if you want, we will also launch yours into that river so that they will be together forever and we will have one more reason to, as you have always asked me, renew our vows and get married again. I love you my love. May it be a good omen to come home with an even bigger gold medal.”
And the wife smiles bitterly at the misadventure. Bontempi indeed posts on her Instagram profile, in the stories, a screenshot of the messages received when the news came out, evidently from incredulous friends, ending with the emoticon of a sad face.
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