Tuesday, August 7, 2012

High Jump - Three's Company - News

The substantial jump medals wedding can have some sort of crammed podium.

Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, Derek Drouin with Canada and also Robert Grabarz of Britain done within a three-way connect for your bronze medal, extraordinary but is not uncommon inside the event.

"It does not matter," claimed Barshim, that earned his country's fourth honor ever. "We are usually most of brothers. We tend to be huge jumpers, just one family. We reveal the particular happiness, too."

The past time several higher jumpers shared a podium identify along at the Olympics was in 1992, as soon as Hollis Conway (United States), Timothy Forsyth (Australia) as well as Artur Partyka (Poland) all earned bronze medals. It furthermore taken place within 1908, when Georges Andre (France), Cornelius Leahy (Britain/Ireland) plus Istvan Somodi (Hungary) strapped for silver.

Barshim, Drouin in addition to Grabarz will acquire their medals Wednesday night.

"It's about to be tiny for space way up there, nonetheless it may become fun," Grabarz said.

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