Athletes Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar chose to share the top honour in the men’s high jump final on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics. Both Barshim, 30, and the Tamberi, 29 ended with jumps of 2.37 meters. When the bar was raised to 2.39 meters, the Olympic record, neither jumper could clear it. After three failed attempts each at that height, an Olympic official offered them a jump-off to decide the winner. He’d barely finished his sentence before the two men had looked at each other, slapped hands and Tamberi leapt into Barshim’s arms.

Source: Huffington Post August 02, 2021 10:18 UTC