American athlete refuses to share gold in high jump, asks for a tiebreaker and loses

Men’s High Jump Final paris olympic games This Saturday, the 10th, repeating the Tokyo Games, it almost ended with the two athletes sharing the gold. But Shelby McEwen from the United Statesdid not agree to share first place with Hamish Kerr from New ZealandThe tiebreaker was sought and eventually lost. Kerr won gold and the North Americans won silver.

During the final, both athletes reached the 2m36 mark. The organization offered a draw, but the North American did not accept it. Thus, the race jumped to 2m34 enIozlander was the first to reach the height, taking the gold,

The episode was similar to the high jump final at the Tokyo Games when Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar gave up the tiebreaker and shared first place.

🥇 Honestly, all I can say is that I loved it!

The American, Shelby McEwen, did not want to share the gold in the high jump with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr and lost in the tiebreaker.

He immediately threw away the gold medal for the sake of his ego of being the best.#Paris2024pic.twitter.com/Oz1cQdSTZ5

— Diogo™ (@diogo2707) 10 August 2024