Two Olympians share gold medal after they can’t out-jump each other

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Two Olympians agreed to share the gold medal after neither could out-jump the other during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar both cleared jumps of 2.37 meters without any mistakes. To declare a winner, the bar was raised to the Olympic record height of 2.39 meters.

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