What just happened? Everyone gets a (gold) medal. Did they just hand out two gold medals in the HJ instead of doing a jumpoff?

Hardloper wrote:

rojo wrote:

Society handing out a medal to everyone has reached a new peak (or low) depending on how you view it.

I think they just gave out two gold medals. Anyone watching on tv able to confirm?

My reaction was they shouldn't allow it as an option. If I were offered a shared gold medal or risk losing it I would probably take it too. The same thing happened a couple years ago at indoors.

So what happens if both competitors refuse the jump-off? They both get silvers? The 3rd place guy gets the gold and the first 2 are DQ? I can't really see the officials taking the later course at the end of this competition.

You only consider a jump-off for first place. All other ties remain ties.

NBC nightly news just had this in its lead headlines as a perfect example of the spirit of the games

Forgive this Brit for crying, but this is the most stirring display... of gallantry since Mountbatten gave lndia back to the Punjabs.

doingthistopost wrote:

NBC nightly news just had this in its lead headlines as a perfect example of the spirit of the games

Forgive this Brit for crying, but this is the most stirring display... of gallantry since Mountbatten gave lndia back to the Punjabs.

Exactly. This is a GOOD story and Rojo somehow makes it about himself and his own victimhood

Durban wrote:

Nah, neither were going higher and so the only way was to lower the bar and see who fails first. Your winning jump in the jump-off could be lower than your rival jumped earlier in the comp - doesn't seem right to me.

Unless you can show one of them can jump higher than the other, it needs to be shared.

Yes. rojo doesn't understand this.

Both had exactly the same clean record until 2.39, so what exactly is the point of then clearing ,say 2.37 again and the other failing at 2.37 when he cleared it first time before.

Doesn't make sense to anybody, not even sure why they would want to tie break like that.

overpole wrote:

duderz wrote:

BARSHIM is a class act. Most likely he would have won the jump offbut he chose to share gold.

I'm not completely convinced. The choice of the shared gold was offered, and Tamberi screamed and started celebrating while Barshim watched on. Nothing was left but for him to cheer himself and implicitly accept the decision.

doofus, watch it again and put the sound up please.

Barshim asks; "Can we get two golds?"

JO Coach wrote:

Is this OP serious? How does one troll their own message board?

He does it all the time, then takes the readership data to OG and gets a media pass as a 'journalist'

I am Sam wrote:

doofus, watch it again and put the sound up please.

Barshim asks; "Can we get two golds?"

Yeah I didnt see this part until the news tonight. it sort of seemed like he was joking (not knowing that was a real option) when he asked. but was great moment nonetheless

The tie breaker should have been a different event randomly drawn from a hat. Discuss, 100m, marathon, BMX, sailing, literally any other Olympic event other than what they tied at. That would have been more entertaining.

I am Sam wrote:

JO Coach wrote:

Is this OP serious? How does one troll their own message board?

He does it all the time, then takes the readership data to OG and gets a media pass as a 'journalist'

Bingo

Im a scientist. wrote:

I am Sam wrote:

He does it all the time, then takes the readership data to OG and gets a media pass as a 'journalist'

Bingo

a "journalist" who, although he is live at the event, has to crowdsource people watching the event at home to ask what actual journalists are saying about it

doingthistopost wrote:

Im a scientist. wrote:

Bingo

a "journalist" who, although he is live at the event, has to crowdsource people watching the event at home to ask what actual journalists are saying about it

Bingo

Maybe for overtime they should jump off their other foot or do the cowboy roll.

2012 London HJ Podium

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Men%27s_high_jump_victory_ceremony.jpg

rojo wrote:

Society handing out a medal to everyone has reached a new peak (or low) depending on how you view it.

I think they just gave out two gold medals. Anyone watching on tv able to confirm?

Hyperbole:

hy·​per·​bo·​le | \ hī-ˈpər-bə-(ˌ)lē \

Definition of hyperbole

: extravagant exaggeration

Two guys sharing a gold medal is not "handing out a medal to everyone". I didn't get one. Did you?