Bayan tafiyarsa ta kwanaki 28, Airoldi ba shi da damar shiga gasar marathon. Ya tafi fadar sarauta don yin rajista don wasannin inda shugaban kwamitin Olympic ya tambaye shi. Ya yanke shawarar cewa kuɗin da aka karɓa don cin nasarar gasar Milano-Barcelona yana nufin cewa Airoldi ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasa kuma saboda haka ba shi da cancantar shiga gasar. An aika telegrams daga Italiya amma babu abin da ya yi aiki: Ba a ba Airoldi damar shiga ba. Akwai ra'ayi mai ƙarfi a Italiya cewa masu shirya ba sa barin mai gasa mai ƙarfi ya shiga tseren da Helenawa ke son cin nasara. Airoldi bai taɓa karɓar shawarar ba kuma ya ba da ƙalubale ga Spiridon Louis - wanda ya lashe gasar marathon - wanda ba a taɓa ɗauka ba. Tambaya: Me ke sa a ɗauki ƙwararren ɗan wasa?
kudaden da aka samu don lashe gasar Milano-Barcelona