(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 10 - Gianmarco Tamberi said Saturday he
had coughed up blood from a fresh attack of renal colic linked
to kidney stones and his participation in Saturday night's high
jump, where he had been looking to defend his Tokyo Olympic
title, was in strong doubt.
"Even what was my last certainty is about to vanish.....I was
just taken to the emergency room in an ambulance after vomiting
blood twice,"Tamberi wrote on his Instagram profile.
"It's been 10 hours and the kidney colic still hasn't gone
away.... The pain I've been feeling since this morning, as
strong as it is, is nothing compared to what I'm feeling inside
now". (ANSA).
Tamberi says coughed up blood, competition at risk
High jump champ unlikely to try to defend title