Cologne – Italian athlete Gianmarco Tamberi jumped 2:34 in Cologne, Germany, improving by one centimeter the old Italian high jump record, set 16 years ago in Verona by Marcello Benvenuti. After jumping 2.20 and 2.24, the Marche athlete crossed the bar at 2.28 and 2.30, then 2.32 and finally 2.34, winning the race. Tamberi then tried the 2.36 jump but didn’t make it. “Congratulations to ‘tsunami’ Gianmarco Tamberi for the Italian high jump record,” tweeted the President of the Marche Region Luca Ceriscioli who wanted to congratulate the 23 year old athlete. (9Colonne)
