Presumably headed for a jump-off with Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim, Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi was stunned when a rules official allowed Barshim's request that the pair could share ...

but this time no one wanted to share the gold medal. Three years ago, Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi decided to go 50-50 for first place in the men's high jump at the Tokyo Games rather than ...

Team USA high jumper Shelby McEwen stood by his decision to take part in a jump-off instead of simply accepting a shared gold medal during Saturday’s high jump final. McEwen and New Zealand’s ...

Both Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi cleared the 2.37m mark in the high jump final Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have been working at PEOPLE ...

Three-time world champion high jumper Maria Lasitskene shined in her Olympic debut on Saturday, winning a gold medal in the high jump final at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. This marked the Russian ...

At the height of top-tier professional competition, why would anyone ever want to share a gold medal? During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy ...

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's High Jump - Final ... find consistency since his gold medal performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which he shared with his friend and fellow ...

When she completed her first high jump at the 1948 Olympic Games ... “That was the climax. I won the gold medal. I proved to my mother, my father, my coach and everybody else that I had gone ...

including gold and silver in the high jump, have delivered Australia not only its biggest world indoor championships haul but almost doubled its previous highest medal tally. Champion high jumpers ...