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Qatar's Barshim and Italy's Tamberi Agree to Share High Jump Gold Medal
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi were shaping up to have a jump off to determine who would win the gold medal in the high jump. Instead, the two made the decision that they would be co-champions of the event. Neither had missed any of their attempts going up to 2.37...
www.nbcnewyork.com
"Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi were shaping up to have a jump off to determine who would win the gold medal in the high jump. Instead, the two made the decision that they would be co-champions of the event. Neither had missed any of their attempts going up to 2.37 meters, but when the pair attempted 2.39, each were unsuccessful in their three attempts. Instead of continuing to see who would finally beat out the other, they agreed they would both sit at the top of podium."
One of the best moments and displays of sportsmanship I have seen in sports in a long time....a muslim man from Qatar and a Catholic from Italy decide to get along and share their gold medal win....lord knows if that was an American thug athlete, this would have never happened -- because these savages only care about themselves and hate their country......which is why it is such a great thing that the US is doing so poorly..they only lead in the total medal count by 2 medals..and China is showing themselves to be far superior to the US by winning 7 more gold medals than the US.....