Malc wrote:
JBR wrote:
That high jump, though. Even intermittent coverage couldn't spoil it. Phenomenal - and the ending, fantastic. Making it a celebration of excellence, rather than a jump-off test of endurance and who is least bad in the moment.
The high jump was outstanding, and when they said to them: do you want to fight for gold/silver or share the gold. Their response was amazing, especially the Italian.
He was box office throughout, wasn't he - I didn't know what was going on at that point, so had Chiellini champ vibes when he started jumping on Bashim. But no! Just "I love you! You are champion! I am champion!"
(If anyone hasn't seen it - both jumped perfectly, no faults, till the last height, 2.39m, and both failed 3 times. So identical records. You can then have a jump off, where you, I think, try that height again, then go down if no one clears, or something like that. But it turns out you don't have to:
https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/142 ... 53569?s=20)
Watching that again, mind, Backley is *utterly* clueless as a commentator. Kept suggesting that clearing lower heights would have put someone on the podium, said they had two more attempts when they had one, and then the chance to spot what was going on there and clear it up - nope, not a clue.
This one's better - you can hear the official, and it's short:
https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status ... 05317?s=20