In a winner-take-all jump-off, Hamish Kerr of New Zealand clinched his nation’s first gold medal within the occasion. Kerr and American Shelby McEwen every missed all three makes an attempt at 2.38m. The duo may have chosen to share the gold medal however agreed to a jump-off for sole possession of high prize.
Within the jump-off, each athletes missed their first try at 2.38m. The bar was lowered to 2.36m, and each athletes missed once more. With the bar lowered to 2.34m, McEwen missed once more and Kerr made the heigh to take gold. McEwen claimed the silver medal. Kerr and McEwen additionally received gold and silver respectively on the 2024 World Indoor Championships earlier this yr in Glasgow. Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim took bronze. For Barshim, it was his fourth Olympic medal within the excessive leap and ninth total international championship medal within the occasion.
Getting into the competitors, the rostrum appeared huge open. Tokyo 2020 co-gold medalists Barshim and Italian Gianmarco Tamberi, have been navigating well being challenges.
Tamberi was within the emergency room vomiting blood from a kidney colic simply hours earlier than the competitors. Barshim jumped on an injured calf within the preliminary spherical.
Tamberi cleared bars at 2.17m and a pair of.22m however was unsuccessful at 2.27, ending his Olympic title protection.
Six jumpers cleared 2.31m and 4 cleared 2.34m.
At 2.36m, solely Barshim, Italian Stefano Sottile, McEwen, and Kerr have been nonetheless alive. Solely McEwen and Kerr cleared the heigh. Kerr’s clearance was an Oceanian document.
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