Tambri was injured in the match between Barshim and Tambri in the high jump event.
Every athlete wants to win a gold medal for his country in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics in the capital of Japan. Every player is also trying his best to win the gold medal. However, not everyone is successful in this. But Qatar’s athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim won the hearts of the people along with winning the gold medal in the sport. Barshim not only won the gold at the Olympics in the final, but also shared it with his rival from the Italian country who was injured in the final.
According to the detailed information, in the high jump event of Tokyo Olympics, there was a tough competition between Barshim of Qatar and Tambri of Italy. In the final match, both of them had jumped 2.37 meters. According to which both came in the first place. After which the event officials asked both of them to jump three more times. However, even in these three jumps, none of the three could jump more than 2.37 meters. When the winner could not be decided after all three extra jumps, the officials asked him to jump one more time.
Tokyo Olympics moment????
High Jump event both athletes were at the same level.But Italian suffered injury & not be able to try further jumps.Referee asked athlete frm Qatar,”Would u try another jump or u share Gold?”He replied will share.See joy &happiness
Sportsman Spirit is all abt! pic.twitter.com/skVKMOAoY5— KS Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) August 2, 2021
However, by then Tambri had become peak and he withdrew his name. Barshim had a good chance to make a jump and win the gold medal. But Barshim asked the officers what would happen if he too took back his name. On which the officer examined the rule book and told that in such a situation, the gold medal will be shared to both of them. After this Barshim finally withdrew his name from the jump.
After his decision, Barshim said that only victory and defeat is not everything in the game. You should also respect your rivals. One should never hesitate to share success with whoever deserves it. After this decision of Barshim, Tambri expressed his happiness by taking a full round of the stadium.