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Qatari and Italian Jumpers Agree to Share Olympic Gold

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Two Olympic high jumpers gave gold-worthy performances at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday and they decided they both deserved the medal.

Qatar's Mutaz-Essa Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi both had high jumps of 2.37 meters. They each attempted to beat that and clear 2.39 meters and failed on their first try.

They could've gone into a jump-off, each taking turns until they beat the score. But instead, Barshim asked if they could share the gold medal, to which Tamberi agreed.

When a judge said they could indeed share the gold medal, the Italian high jumper embraced his opponent, then ran around the stadium in excitement.

Olympic high jumpers from Qatar and Italy tied. Instead of having a jump off, the friends decided to share the gold medal.

A beautiful moment in an otherwise largely negative edition of the Olympics. Hats off to both sportsmen for their excellent spirit!
 

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