Tamberi postpones Paris trip over 'fever, kidney stones'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 5 - Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco 'Gimbo' Tamberi announced he had to postpone his departure for Paris to participate in the Olympics due to a high fever possibly due to kidney stones.
    "Incredible … it can't be true", he wrote on social media late on Sunday.
    "Three days from a competition for which I sacrificed everything, I'm lying in bed, powerless, with a 38.8 C fever", he added.
    The athlete wrote on Instagram that he was advised to reschedule his flight on Monday "in the hope that, with a little bit of rest, the nightmare will finish". (ANSA).