Can we have 2 golds? Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi share Tokyo Olympics high jump victory in heartwarming moment
3 years, 4 months ago

Can we have 2 golds? Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi share Tokyo Olympics high jump victory in heartwarming moment

India Today  

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo on Sunday - and persuaded organisers to let him share it with his friend and rival, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi. Barshim won bronze, later upgraded to silver, at the London 2012 Games He picked up another silver in Rio four years later and then won two successive world titles in 2017 and 2019. His personal best of 2.43m is the second-highest jump of all time, behind Cuban Javier Sotomayor's world record mark of 2.45 set in 1993. In a high-level competition, South Korean Woo Sang-hyeok and Australian Brandon Starc, the younger brother of cricketer Mitchell, both cleared 2.35 to finish fourth and fifth.

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Olympics: New Zealand's Hamish Kerr wins gruelling men's high jump in Paris
4 months, 1 week ago

Olympics: New Zealand's Hamish Kerr wins gruelling men's high jump in Paris

India Today  

New Zealand's Hamish Kerr won gold in the men's Olympic high jump on Saturday with a best effort of 2.36 metres after a long and gruelling final, securing his country's first medal in the event. Defending champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar got the bronze with a season's best 2.34, leading to a war of attrition between Kerr and American Shelby …

After 11 straight misses, New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr wins lengthy jump-off for high jump gold
4 months, 1 week ago

After 11 straight misses, New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr wins lengthy jump-off for high jump gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — First they put the bar up higher. Wherever they put the bar, American Shelby McEwen and world indoor champion Hamish Kerr of New Zealand couldn’t clear it. “We both just nodded and off we went.” Added McEwen, “We talked to each other, and he was like, ‘Let’s jump off.’ And I was like, ‘I’m all for it.’” …

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi finishes 11th in men’s high jump final after visiting hospital hours earlier
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi finishes 11th in men’s high jump final after visiting hospital hours earlier

New York Times  

Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who made headlines at the Tokyo Olympics for sharing the gold medal with Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim, participated in the men’s high jump final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday just hours after going to the hospital. … Now they are going to do more tests on me to figure out what is going on, …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold

The Hindu  

Spain’s Jordan Diaz won gold in the men’s triple jump on Friday, securing his country’s first ever Olympic medal in the event by defeating defending champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal who had to settle for silver. It was a stunning Olympic debut for the 23-year-old Diaz who shook the sport this year by leaping 18.18 metres in June, the third …

Paris Olympics 2024: Struggling Barshim, Tamberi through to high jump final
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Struggling Barshim, Tamberi through to high jump final

The Hindu  

Joint-defending champions Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim advanced to the high jump final but it was anything but smooth as the Italian had three fails at 2.27 metres and his Qatari rival cleared it only after lengthy treatment for an injury. “But in the past my qualification has never been good and then in the final something’s changed, so that’s …

Jakob Ingebrigtsen sends Josh Kerr message in statement 1,500m victory at European Championships
6 months, 1 week ago

Jakob Ingebrigtsen sends Josh Kerr message in statement 1,500m victory at European Championships

The Independent  

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Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold

The Hindu  

Despite rain being an issue, former Asian bronze medallist Nayana James came up with a 6.43m effort as she shocked Japan’s Asian champion Sumire Hata and won the long jump gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Taipei on Sunday. 68 Nayana, the Federation Cup champion, is way below the young Shaili Singh …

Asian Para Games: Soorma shines on controversy-ridden day
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Para Games: Soorma shines on controversy-ridden day

Hindustan Times  

The first day of competition at the Asian Para Games was marred in controversy for India as the trio of Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, and Anantram was barred from competing in the F53 men's discus throw final after they allegedly turned up late in the call room. We tried to reason it out with the officials but to no avail," said …

Asian Games 2023: Neeraj defends gold medal, Sable, Harmilan grab silver, men’s relay-team on top
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Neeraj defends gold medal, Sable, Harmilan grab silver, men’s relay-team on top

The Hindu  

Neeraj Chopra defended his Asian Games title with a season’s best throw of 88.88m, and Kishore Kumar Jena managed a personal best of 87.54m as India completed a one-two in javelin but not before both got the short end of dodgy officiating as India finished the track & field assignments here with a best-ever haul of 29 medals including six …

Men's 4x400m relay team wins gold as Indian athletes continue medal run at Asian Games in Hangzhou
1 year, 2 months ago

Men's 4x400m relay team wins gold as Indian athletes continue medal run at Asian Games in Hangzhou

Hindustan Times  

Indian javelin throwers -- Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena produced a commanding performance to walk away with a gold and silver as Indian athletes continued their sensational run, claiming seven medals in the athletics competition at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Members of India's team react after winning the Men's 4X400 relay final In a dramatic day, Olympic gold medallist …

Olympic ‘vibes’ for high-jump great Barshim in Hangzhou
1 year, 2 months ago

Olympic ‘vibes’ for high-jump great Barshim in Hangzhou

The Hindu  

Three-time high-jump world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim compared the Asian Games to the Olympics on Monday after skipping the season-ending Diamond League event at Eugene to be in Hangzhou. Adding a fourth would have been great, but it’s not my top priority at the moment so I decided to skip that.” Barshim shares top billing as Qatar’s most famous sportsman …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Tamberi wins gold after thrilling high jump final, Barshim finishes third
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Tamberi wins gold after thrilling high jump final, Barshim finishes third

The Hindu  

Italy’s Olympic champion and showman Gianmarco Tamberi captured his first world high jump title on Tuesday, in a dramatic finish against young American JuVaughn Harrison. Tamberi, who famously shared the Olympic title with three-time world champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar, cleared a world-leading 2.36 metres for gold. CAMPIONE DEL MONDO 🚀 The Olympic champion becomes the high jump world champion …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s high jump
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s high jump

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in men’s high jump in the Hungarian capital: Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim is a 32-year-old high jumper from Doha, Qatar. He shared the gold medal with Italian Gianmarco Tamberi at the Tokyo Olympics …

National Inter-State Athletics C’ships: Tejaswin, Swapna earn Asian Games qualification
1 year, 6 months ago

National Inter-State Athletics C’ships: Tejaswin, Swapna earn Asian Games qualification

The Hindu  

Tejaswin Shankar overcame a bleeding nose and an unstable ankle in testing conditions over two days to achieve the Asian Games qualifying mark and win the decathlon gold medal in the National inter-state athletics championships at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. The lanky well-built Delhi lad relied on his good showing in his pet event, clearing 2.20m on day …

Triple jumpers Unnikrishnan, Aboobacker win bronze at international meets
1 year, 6 months ago

Triple jumpers Unnikrishnan, Aboobacker win bronze at international meets

The Hindu  

Abdulla Aboobacker, the Commonwealth Games triple jump silver medallist from Kerala, produced a season-best 16.80m as he won the bronze at the Montreuil International Meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Silver event, in Montreuil, France, on Wednesday. 3 in India’s all-time triple jump list with 17.19m which came last year, won the Federation Cup gold recently with 16.76m, his previous best …

Commonwealth Games 2022 | Eldhose Paul wins historic gold, Aboobacker claims silver in men's triple jump
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022 | Eldhose Paul wins historic gold, Aboobacker claims silver in men's triple jump

The Hindu  

Eldhose Paul led India's historic 1-2 finish in men's triple jump at the Commonwealth Games as he won a rare gold medal in track and field events and was followed by fellow Kerala athlete Abdulla Aboobacker here on Sunday. !🔥#EldhosePaul creates history by winning 🇮🇳's 1st ever GOLD in Men's Triple Jump at #CommonwealthGames 🤩 With the best effort of …

Triple jump silver for Selva Prabhu in World Under-20 Championships in Colombia
2 years, 4 months ago

Triple jump silver for Selva Prabhu in World Under-20 Championships in Colombia

The Hindu  

Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won the men’s triple jump silver in the World Athletics Under-20 Championships here on Friday. pic.twitter.com/z3yIAiJrMQ — Athletics Federation of India August 6, 2022 It was India’s third medal at the under-20 Worlds, with the 4x400m mixed relay team and Rupal Chaudhary bringing the other medals earlier. Rupal won Bronze at World Athletics Junior Championships in Cali …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Eldhose Paul finishes ninth in men’s triple jump
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Eldhose Paul finishes ninth in men’s triple jump

The Hindu  

India’s Eldhose Paul narrowly missed a top-eight berth as Jean-Marc Pontvianne took the final place with a jump of 16.86 metres in the men’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene on Sunday. Portugal's Pedro Pichardo, meanwhile, continued his dominance in the triple jump by adding his first World Championships title to the Olympic gold he won …

Wang Jianan takes historic long jump gold for China at athletics worlds
2 years, 5 months ago

Wang Jianan takes historic long jump gold for China at athletics worlds

China Daily  

Wang Jianan of China celebrates after his last attempt jump during the men's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the US, July 16, 2022. The women's shot put saw American national champion Chase Ealey nail the gold in her first attempt of 20.49m while Olympic champion and two-time world champion Gong Lijiao of China …

World Athletics Championships, Gianmarco Tamberi: Athletes to watch out for
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships, Gianmarco Tamberi: Athletes to watch out for

The Hindu  

Almost a year has passed since that historic high jump final in Tokyo, where Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and his Qatari counterpart Mutaz Barshim shared the gold in an attempt to uphold one of the notions of Olympics - friendship. 🚨 ICONIC OLYMPIC MOMENT ALERT 🚨 The men's high jump Olympic gold medal was shared between Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and …

75 years of independence, 75 iconic moments from Indian sports: No. 23 - India's athletics gold rush at the 2018 Asian Games
2 years, 6 months ago

75 years of independence, 75 iconic moments from Indian sports: No. 23 - India's athletics gold rush at the 2018 Asian Games

The Hindu  

India will complete 75 years of Independence this year. Record medal haul for India, athletics contingent India registered its highest-ever medal haul at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, winning 70 medals across disciplines – 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. Dharun takes silver in men’s 400m hurdles Athletics continued to swell India’s medal tally at the …

Sharing Olympic gold at Tokyo was special but will not happen again, say high-jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim
2 years, 7 months ago

Sharing Olympic gold at Tokyo was special but will not happen again, say high-jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim

Firstpost  

Italian Tamberi and Qatar’s Barshim shared the high jump gold medal in one of the most extraordinary moments of the Tokyo Olympics last year. Doha: Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, who provided one of the emotional peaks of the Tokyo Olympics by sharing the high jump gold medal, will not repeat the gesture if they are tied again. Barshim, …

Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas aiming for long jump gold at Paris 2024
3 years, 3 months ago

Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas aiming for long jump gold at Paris 2024

Firstpost  

“I’m an athlete of challenges. If it was up to me, I’d compete in the two events,” Rojas told Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a ceremony in her honour in Caracas. Caracas: Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas will likely go for double gold in the Paris Olympics in 2024 after revealing she could also compete in the long jump. …

Gianmarco Tamberi hopes to finish season on a high in Zurich
3 years, 3 months ago

Gianmarco Tamberi hopes to finish season on a high in Zurich

The Hindu  

Gianmarco Tamberi will never regret sharing the high jump gold with friend Mutaz Essa Barshim at the Tokyo Olympic Games but believes the choice to stop competing in such instances should be taken away from athletes. Italian Tamberi and Qatari Barshim both cleared 2.37m in Tokyo but failed at the world record height of 2.39m and chose to share the …

Italy elated, and confounded, by surprise success
3 years, 4 months ago

Italy elated, and confounded, by surprise success

China Daily  

Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy celebrates with his gold medal after sharing the men's high jump title with Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug 1. REUTERS ROME - Italy enjoyed unprecedented success at the Tokyo Olympics, but consensus on the reasons for the country's record medal haul is proving elusive. High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who shared gold …

Italy elated, and confounded, by surprise success
3 years, 4 months ago

Italy elated, and confounded, by surprise success

China Daily  

Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy celebrates with his gold medal after sharing the men's high jump title with Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug 1. REUTERS ROME - Italy enjoyed unprecedented success at the Tokyo Olympics, but consensus on the reasons for the country's record medal haul is proving elusive. High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who shared gold …

Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share Olympic gold in emotional high jump final
3 years, 4 months ago

Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share Olympic gold in emotional high jump final

CNN  

CNN — They both cleared the highest bar, but when it came to deciding a winner, two Olympic high jumpers opted not to take it to a tie-breaker. During the long competition, 30-year-old Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, 29, executed the first six jumps up to 2.37 meters. Barshim’s gold medal has completed his Olympic set …

Tokyo Olympics: Italian former long jumper Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win men’s 100m final
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Italian former long jumper Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win men’s 100m final

The Independent  

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Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds

The Hindu  

It was a magical Sunday night in Tokyo as Lamont Marcell Jacobs virtually came from nowhere and raced away as the fastest man of the Olympics. With American world leader Trayvon Bromell crashing out in the semifinal and China's Su Bingian topping that round in a new Asian record time of 9.83s, many had expected surprises in the final. The …

Qatar’s Barshim, Italy’s Tamberi share Olympic high jump gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Qatar’s Barshim, Italy’s Tamberi share Olympic high jump gold

Al Jazeera  

Rare shared gold came as Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi tied on 2.37-metre clearances in Tokyo. Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi have put the nightmare of serious injuries behind them to share a rare Olympic athletics gold in the high jump. Barshim – giving Qatar its first Olympic track and field title – and Tamberi recorded …

World Para Athletics Grand Prix: India Finish with 23 Medals
3 years, 10 months ago

World Para Athletics Grand Prix: India Finish with 23 Medals

News 18  

Teenaged high jumpers Praveen Kumar and Nishad Kumar produced personal best jumps to take a gold medal each and set new Asian records as curtains came down on the 12th Fazza World Para Athletics Grand Prix. Praveen’s and Nishad’s gold medal winning efforts were the high points in the final day’s action for India who also had three silver and …

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