JuVaughn Harrison will compete in the high jump and long jump at the Olympics. He is the first American man since Jim Thorpe in 1912 to do both in the same Olympics. He stuck with the long jump in ...

Because of the shared gold, the men's high-jump event ended without a silver medalist. The bronze went to Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus, who matched Barshim and Tamberi's final jump at 2.37 meters ...

That was the option offered to Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi in the final of the men’s high jump and the pair gladly accepted. It meant both athletes walked away with gold ...