Olympic history.įelix won her first medal as an 18-year-old at the Athens 2004 Olympics, winning silver in the 200m. Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium was the stage where countless moments of Olympic history were made at Tokyo 2020, including Allyson Felix’s coronation as the most decorated track and field in U.S. Allyson Felix becomes the most decorated U.S. McKeon’s record-equalling medal haul also earned her the prestigious title of the most decorated athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In the process, McKeon tied Gorokhovskaya’s record, became Australia’s most successful Olympian ever and set a new piece of history by becoming the first female swimmer to win seven medals at a single Games, joining Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi as the only swimmers with seven or more medals. The official agreed, and Tamberi leapt into the arms of Barshim in pure joy as the knowledge that he and his good friend were co-champions hit home (Nedasekau was awarded the bronze on countback). So, rather than move into a proposed “jump-off”, Barshim asked an official, ‘Can we have two golds?’. ![]() In a dramatic end to the Olympic high jump final, Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi elected to share the gold medal, rather than proceed with a jump-off to determine the event winner.īoth athletes - as well as Belarusian Maksim Nedasekau - had earlier cleared 2.37m, but with the bar subsequently raised to the Olympic record of 2.39m, none of the three men was able to complete a successful jump. I can't believe it." Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi decide to share high jump gold Oh my god, it's amazing that I have ever seen this day. It's a new PB (personal best) and a national record. "I really had to pull it out to win the 200m. ![]() ![]() I haven't slept after the 100m final," Thompson-Herah said after completing six rounds of racing en route to the sprint double. "It feels amazing to win two golds again. In the process, Thompson-Herah cemented her status as the undisputed sprinting queen by becoming the first woman to win the 100-200m double gold at consecutive Olympic Games. Three days later, Thompson-Herah set the track of the Olympic stadium ablaze once more as she stormed to the 200m title with a time of 21.53 seconds - this time just 0.19 seconds short of the legendary Joyner’s world record (and Olympic) time from Seoul.
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