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. “I’m sorry my love, I’m really, really sorry,” Tamberi wrote in an apology he posted on Instagram on Saturday to his wife Chiara Bontempi.

“Too much water, too many kilograms lost over the last few months and maybe the uncontrollable enthusiasm of what we were doing. Probably all three things,” added Tamberi, who shared flag-bearing duties for Italy with fencer Arianna Errigo during Friday’s ceremony, which featured boats parading athletes instead of the usual procession inside a stadium.