Seven athletes were still in the contest at 2.35m and yet again Barshim and Tamberi could not be separated and retained the gold medal position with great clearances. Akimenko and Harrison made it on their second and Starc in the third. Nedasekau went into third with a first-time clearance, Woo into fourth with a second time clearance. The high quality continued as the bar went to 2.33m as Barshim and Tamberi maintained their 100% record. Harrison, who has also qualified for the long jump final, hit the bar hard with his second attempt but survived and was sitting ninth as the bar was raised and Kerr had a good third attempt to move into 1oth.īritish representative Tom Gale had a poor first and second jump but came closer in the third and ended up 11th as McEwen and Kerr also exited at 2.30m. That meant five athletes shared the lead but Nedasekau also cleared at his first attempt and 2012 Olympic champion Ilya Ivanyuk and fellow Russian and ANA representative Mikhail Akimenko. Nine athletes now had a perfect record as the bar moved up to 2.30m.īarshim easily cleared that height and he was joined on first-time clearances by Korean Woo Sang-Hyeok and Commonwealth champion Brandon Starc of Australia.ĭjango Lovett, defending Derek Drouin’s title for Canada from 2016, also went over as did the flamboyant Italian Tamberi, who was sadly denied a chance in Rio when he got badly injured in his final competition. Hamish Kerr and JuVaughan Harrison did their long-term plans in the final no assistance as they only got over at the third attempt. To the disappointment of the home nation, Tobe was the first to exit as 2.27m was beyond him. Then 11 of the 12 went over 2.24m at the first attempt, the odd one out being USA’s Shelby McEwen. 🥉 Maksim Nedasekau #Athletics #Olympics /p80OUy4VdcĪs for the actual competition, 10 athletes cleared 2.19m first time with Naoto Tobe and Maksim Nedasekau going over the second time as world champion Barshim passed. It was a summer that has seen Italy also win the European football tournament and Eurovision Song Contest!Īn astonishing moment earlier on in the men's high jump as both Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim shook hands and shared gold. It’s not unique, however, as pole vaulters Edward Cook and Alfred Gilbert shared gold in London in 1908 and there were shared silvers in the 18 high jump and shared bronzes in 19.įor Tamberi it completed a sensational day for Italy, who also won the blue riband 100m gold and Tamberi greeted and embraced winner Marcell Jacobs as he finished.
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