Olympics excessive leap gold medallist says why he shared podium – BBC Information
An unimaginable Olympic excessive leap remaining ended with each Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi taking gold medals.
After an exhausting two-hour competitors, the pair could not be cut up, having recorded greatest clearances of two.37 metres.
The athletes had been provided a chance to participate in a jump-off. However in a second of sportsmanship, they agreed to share the title, sparking big celebrations.
Each had three failures as they tried to match the Olympic report of two.39m and, with error-free information on countback, may have fought for sole possession of the title.
As an alternative, they made historical past – it was the primary joint Olympic podium in athletics since 1912.
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