Tamberi and Fassinotti clear 2.35m

Italian high jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Marco Fassinotti set a new Italian indoor record and world leading mark at the International high jump meet in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on Thursday night.

Both Marco Fassinotti and Gianmarco Tamberi are now sharing Italian indoor record after they both cleared 2.35m. The event winner was less experienced Tamberi who beat Fassinotti on a count back.  At the Beijing world championships the23-year-old Tamberi was 8th while the 26-year-old Fassinotti took 6th place. 

Third place in the event took the 2007 world high jump champion Donald Thomas of Bahamas with his season's best mark of 2.33m. 

Men's results

1		TAMBERI Gianmarco	01.06.1992	Italy	235	WL, NRI
2		FASSINOTTI Marco	29.04.1989	Italy	235	WL, NRI
3		THOMAS Donald	01.07.1984	Bahamas	233
4		GRABARZ Robbie	03.10.1987	Great Britain & NI	233	SB
5		BUBENÍK Matúš	14.11.1989	Slovak republic	230	PB
6		BANIÓTIS Konstadínos	06.11.1986	Greece	230
7		BÁBA Jaroslav	02.09.1984	Czech republic	227	SB
8		CHESANI Silvano	17.07.1978	Italy	224	SB
=9		DONISAN Mihai	24.07.1988	Romania	220	SB
=9		KANDU Chris	10.09.1995	Great Britain & NI	220
=9		WILLIAMS Jesse	27.12.1983	United states	220	SB
12		BEER Lukáš	23.08.1989	Slovak republic	220	SB
13		BARRY Trevor	14.06.1983	Bahamas	215
14		WILSON Jamal	01.09.1988	Bahamas	215