Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share Olympic gold in emotional high jump final
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They both cleared the highest bar, but when it came to deciding a winner, two Olympic high jumpers opted not to take it to a tie-breaker.
Instead, they asked to share the gold medal -- prompting cheers beyond their home countries of Qatar and Italy. During the long competition, 30-year-old Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi, 29, executed the first six jumps up to 2.37 meters (7 feet 8 inches).Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received.
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