Tamberi says coughed up blood, competition at risk

(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).