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PARIS — Drama is never far from the surface when it comes to flamboyant high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi and big events. This time it involved what went below the surface. The Italian lost his wedding ring in the Seine River during the rainy opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Tamberi wrote an open letter of apology he posted on Instagram to his wife saying, "I'm sorry my love, I'm really, really sorry." Tamberi said there was "too much water" and he lost "too many kilograms" recently to keep the ring on. He invited his wife to throw her ring into the Seine, too, saying "then they'll be together forever and we'll have another reason to renew our vows."
