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 ya cancanci shiga gasar. An aika da telegrams daga Italiya amma babu abin da ya yi aiki: Ba a ba Airoldi damar shiga ba. Akwai ra'ayi mai karfi a Italiya cewa masu shirya ba su ba da izinin dan takara mai karfi ya shiga tseren da Helenawa ke son cin nasara ba. 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: Kwanaki nawa ne tafiyar Airoldi?
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