He also cleared 2.37 for a national record. Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus won the bronze medal. Gianmarco Tamberi is a former world indoor champion. He won the world championship gold medal at home in Qatar in 2019. 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. Mutaz Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy tied for the gold medal in the men’s high jump at the Tokyo Games.īoth men were clean at every attempt to 2.37 meters and both missed all three attempts at the Olympic record of 2.39. He was a long-jump specialist for years, and his biggest major success was an indoor 60-meter win at European champions. military transferred his dad to South Korea.
He topped America’s Fred Kerley and Canada’s Andre DeGrasse to take the spot held for the past 13 years by the now-retired Usain Bolt.īorn in El Paso, Texas, Jacobs moved to Italy as a young boy when the U.S. Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time.Įven in a race with no clear favorites, Jacobs was a surprise. There was also a dramatic end to the men's golf tournament, with the tennis tournament ending with victory for Alexander Zverev in the men's singles. Two athletes shared the Olympic gold medal in the men's high jump, while Yulimar Rojas smashed the world record in the women's triple jump. The Italian Marcell Jacobs took a gold medal in the men's 100m to cap off an eventful end to Day 9 at the Tokyo Olympics.
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