Hugues Fabrice Zango the outright world leader, won bronze in the Men's Long Jump to become Burkina Faso's first ever Olympic medalist.

August 11, 2024 marks the 4-year anniversary to the time when an Olympic gold medal was ... to go 50-50 for first place in the men's high jump at the Tokyo Games rather than jump-off for it.

Presumably headed for a jump-off with Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim ... Tamberi, 29, missed out on the 2016 games after finishing tied for 21st in 2012. He would've missed out on Tokyo had the ...

It was the first night of August, a brutally muggy one at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. The longtime buddies were immersed in an epic men’s high jump final that had reached a breaking point. Both Tamberi, ...

Tokyo - Both Barshim ... to clear 2.39 Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men’s high jump in Tokyo on Sunday - and persuaded organisers to let ...

Since the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896 ... below shows the progression of gold medalists' heights for the high jump since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right to get a ...

Three years ago, Yuto Horigome stood atop the podium for the men's skateboard street competition at the Tokyo Games, where the sport was welcomed into the Olympic fold. Only a few weeks later ...

D. Gukesh recently created history by winning the Chess World Championship. He is the youngest chess player in the world to ...

India have beaten Germany 5-4 to to win an Olympic ... Tokyo and the teams they lost to - Australia and Belgium - are playing each other in the final. India's showing offers hope after decades for ...