But, after all, nothing has captured the imagination of the sporting public as much as what happened at the men’s high jump event at the Olympics on Sunday (1). Shared Gold medalNever since the 1912 Olympic Games has there been a shared gold medal at the Olympics. After three failures each at that height, an Olympic official first offered them a jump-off to decide the winner. ConclusionRight before doing the last jump, and then after winning the high jump, Tamberi placed on track the plaster cast he saved since 2016 when he broke his leg 15 days before Rio 2016. “Sharing with a friend is even more beautiful … It was just magical.”“For me, coming here, I know for a fact that for the performance I did, I deserve that gold,” Barshim said.

Source: The Nation August 04, 2021 21:00 UTC