Italy's defending Olympic high jump
champion Gianmarco Tamberi has invited his wife to throw her
wedding into the River Seine after he lost his in it during
Friday's opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Games.
"I think there could be a huge poetic side to the mishap and, if
you want, we will throw yours into that river too so that they
will be together forever," the 32-year-old, who was Italy's male
flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, wrote in an Instagram post.
"And we will have one more excuse, as you have always asked me,
to renew our vows and get married again".
He also apologised to his wife, Chiara Bontempi, after losing
the ring while waving the flag during the parade on the Seine.
"I'm sorry my love, I'm so sorry," he said.
"Too much water, too many kilos lost in the last few months or
maybe the irrepressible enthusiasm of what we were doing.
"Probably all three. The fact remains that I felt it slip off.
"It will remain forever on the river bed of the city of love.
"May it be a good omen to return home with a bigger gold".
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