A New Zealander Hamish Kerr He won the gold medal High jump After winning a close fight against the American this Saturday Shelby McEwenHad to settle for a silver medal.
Built at 2.36 m, Kerr et al McEwen They competed to clear 2.38m, but neither managed to clear the mark, leaving both athletes open to sharing the gold.
As recalled, a similar situation occurred at Tokyo 2020, at the same event, after a brief conversation with a Qatari judge. Mudas Essa Barshim and Italian Gianmarco Tamperi They chose to share the gold medal, making this moment one of the most symbolic and emotional in sports history.
However, unlike those times, Kerr And McEwen They decided to continue the competition, and as none of them could jump over 2.38, the bar was lowered to 2.34, the New Zealander crossing it first to take the win and the gold medal.
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Parshim He completed the podium with 2.34m, which defined the final. This earned the Qatari a bronze medal, his fourth in as many Olympic Games.
TampereFor his part, it was far from his best, mostly due to a renal colic that caused him more than one setback during the day and prevented him from competing normally, finishing eleventh over 2.27m.
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