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Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Gianmarco Tamberi lost his wedding ring in the Seine River during the athlete’s parade at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The incident grabbed attention after Tamberi shared a heartfelt apology to his wife Chiara Bontempi Tamberi.
Sharing a string of his stunning wedding photos, Tamberi wrote, “I’m sorry my love, I’m so sorry. Too much water, too many kg lost in the past few months or maybe the uncontrollable enthusiasm of what we were doing. Probably all three things, just the fact that I heard it parade, I saw it fly…. I followed her with a glance until I saw her bouncing inside the boat.”
Describing how the unfortunate incident unfolded, Tamberi said, “A Glimmer of Hope … But unfortunately the bounce was in the wrong direction and floating more than a thousand times in the air I saw her dive into the water like that was the only place she wanted to be.”
“I think there might be a huge poetic side to yesterday’s misdeed, and if you want, we’ll throw yours into that river, too, so they’ll be together forever, and we’ll have one more excuse to, like you’ve always asked, renew our vows and get married to new. I love you my love,” he wrote.
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According to the BBC, Tamberi was waving Italy’s flag alongside three-time Olympic medallist Arianna Errigo when the ring fell off, bounced off the boat, disappearing into the Seine River.
Gianmarco Tamberi shot to fame after he opted to share a gold medal with his competitor Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is all set to compete in the men’s high jump competition that starts on August 7.
