In Tokyo Olympics 2020, the men’s high jump gold medal was shared by Qatar’s athlete Mtaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi.
The men’s high event at the Tokyo Olympics Game concluded dramatically. On Sunday, Qatar’s athlete has won the Gold medal as well as the medal of Humanity. He has shown a perfect example of sportsmen's spirit as he shared his gold medal with Italy’s athlete who was injured during the final.
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During the men’s high jump event at Tokyo Olympics, both Barshim and Tambri jumped 2.37m to finish, after which the event officials asked both of them to make three more jumps but neither of them could go above 2.37 meters. Italian athlete, who was injured before the last jump, failed to jump for one more time. At that time, Brashim had a golden opportunity to make a jump and earn a Gold medal. But Barshim asked the authority what if I withdraw my name too?
The official then checked the rule book and said, “If you also withdraw your name, then we will have to give gold to both of you.” Barshim then decided to withdraw his name from the last jump and both he and Tambri were awarded the gold medal.
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Barshim after sharing the Gold medal said that winning is not everything in the game. I have tried to give a message to the coming generations on how to play, how to respect your rivals and share the success with those who deserve it.
Tambri hugged Barshim in joy and the two made their way around the Olympic Stadium to express their victorious feelings.