I don’t really know how high jump works, but I just saw two athletes who were in a dead-heat after many, many jumps decide to share the gold medal instead of continuing to compete for a tie-breaker, and their shared joy absolutely stole my heart:
Both athletes almost had career-ending injuries, Tamberi (ITA) brought his cast as a reminder. When the judge came over to try and explain how to break the tie, Barshim (QAT) goes, “can we have two golds?”
I’m just…
ommggggg I didn’t know they were both making comebacks from bad injuries on top of everything else! I’m ❤️❤️❤️
Also, not to sound too much like a capitalist, but if these guys aren’t immediately given endorsement deals to do a series of commercials in which they’re adorably sharing absolutely everything, even [throws dart at list of corporations] the last McNugget, then I will personally flip over a table in the middle of Madison Avenue.
They actually have known each other for 11 years! They’re very good friends. I love them.
