Tokyo Olympic Games: ‘Track & Field’

. Long-Jump gold decided on countback. Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece) wins gold; Juan Miguel Echevarria (Cuba) takes silver

Both men jumped 8.41m but Tentoglou won gold on countback because his next-best effort of 8.15m was greater than Echevarria’s 8.09m.

*– Men’s long jump gold medalist, Miltiadis Tentoglou*

*– Men’s long jump silver medalist Juan Miguel Echevarria*

. Laura Muir comfortably progressed in her 1,500m heat, finishing second to Canadian Gabriela Debues-Stafford. Muir finished seventh in the Rio final and fifth at the world championships.

*– Laura Muir and Gabriela Debues-Stafford in the women’s 1,500m heats. Muir breezes through in her first heat of the 1500m event*

(3) Sunday, August 1 –

. Tamberi and Barshim *both* win gold in the high jump

*– Both men were clean at every attempt to 2.37 metres and missed all three attempts at 2.39*

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) and Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) both won the gold medal in the Olympic men’s high jump after being offered the chance to share the top prize by the official.

After three failures each at 2.39, they ended up tied and entered a conversation with an Olympic official, who first offered them a ‘jump-off’ to decide the matter.

The Qatari asked ‘Can we not have two golds?’

The official responded ‘It’s possible if you both decide’ and before he had finished speaking Barshim offered Tamberi his hand to agree to sharing the gold and the pair shared an emotional hug before Tamberi wheeled away in celebration.

Both men were clean at every attempt to 2.37 metres and both missed all three attempts at the Olympic record of 2.39.

The 30-year-old Barshim was the silver medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and was also on the podium at the 2012 London Games. He won the world championship gold medal at home in Qatar in 2019.

Gianmarco Tamberi is a former world indoor champion.

Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus won the bronze medal. He also cleared 2.37 for a national record.

Barshim added a coveted Olympic gold to his list of accolades.

At the 2012 London Games Barshim won a bronze, which was later upgraded to silver. He picked up another silver in Rio de Janeiro four years later and then won two successive world titles in 2017 and 2019.

His personal best of 2.43m is the second-highest jump of all time and is only behind Javier Sotomayor’s world record mark of 2.45 set in 1993.

*– Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy (left) and Essa Mutaz Barshim of Qatar celebrate their joint gold medals*

. Jacobs wins men’s 100m final in 9.80 seconds

Marcell Jacobs (Italy) claims Usain Bolt’s Olympic crown in the men’s 100m final. Losing Zharnel Hughes (GBR) in lane four to disqualification before the gun was fired, he powered past the Fred Kerley (USA) with 20m to go. The American takes the silver, Andre de Grasse (CAN) the bronze out in lane nine.