ROME (AP) — At the last two Olympics, the men’s high jump produced a tie — requiring a big decision. In Tokyo four years ago, Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim agreed to share the gold. In Paris ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Katelyn Hutchison covers all things track and field. PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Gold medalist Hamish Kerr of Team New Zealand ...

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who fled her country due to the war with Russia in 2022, won a gold medal in the women's high jump at the Stade de France on Sunday, the country's first individual gold ...

Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine relaxes during the women's high-jump final at the Paris Olympics on August 4, 2024. Senior Correspondent Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the Ukrainian world-record holder in the ...

Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, qualifies for world meet finals in Oregon. Photo by Chris Stone “Citius, altius, fortius,” says the Olympic motto. Faster. Higher. Stronger. But ...

High jumper Yulina Levchenko found herself going viral at the World Athletics Championships, not for her performance, but because of how attractive she was. Budapest played host to the 2023 World ...

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — When Charles Austin walks into his gym, he can see a piece of equipment that changed his life 28 years ago. The high jump bar from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics sits below a ...

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 ...

One of the most delightful displays of showmanship—and sportsmanship—in the Tokyo Olympics so far took place on Sunday, during the men’s high jump. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of ...

JuVaughn Harrison arrived at LSU in the fall of 2017 as an 18-year-old high-jump specialist. More than most track and field events, the high jump can become stifling. “It’s an event where you can bang ...