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Tokyo 2020: Sharing a gold medal
"I just asked him, 'can we have two golds?'"
When the men's high jump at the Tokyo Olympics came down to a jump-off, Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi decided to share a medal.
In doing so, they've made history - it was the first joint Olympic podium in athletics since 1912.
"We're competitive at the field and beyond that, it is just love and peace and sports is just a great tool that brings all of us together."
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