Sometimes, playing for the tie does pay off. Two legendary pole vaulters agreed to share a gold medal at the world championships in Budapest after a tight battle on Wednesday night.

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Few sports deal in thinner margins than track and field. A second, an inch or a centimeter might be all the separation between gold-medal glory and fourth-place disappointment. Sometimes, however ...

After a grueling three-round playoff to decide the gold medal, American pole vaulter Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy shared an emotional hug and agreed to split the world title on Wednesday.

After they both cleared 4.90 meters, Moon and Kennedy decided to share the gold medal instead of continuing with a jump-off — a first in the history of the World Athletics Championships.

In a heartwarming moment, Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy agreed to share the pole vault gold medal at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday.. After a grueling competition in Budapest ...

During the deciding huddle, Barshim asked a track official if they could each have a gold medal. After learning that a tie was possible, the competitors agreed, embraced, and went on to celebrate ...

A gold medal on the line. Triumph and redemption at their fingertips. And then, when the moment arrived Sunday, it came with a beautiful wrinkle, something neither of them could have ever envisioned.

Not only has he kept his cast, but he wrote "Road to Tokyo 2020 2021" on it and brought it out as he celebrated his gold-medal win. Barshim endured a similar injury two years after Tamberi's, and ...

Italy has one of the more generous medal bonuses among those surveyed by USA TODAY Sports, giving its gold medalists 180,000 Euro, or roughly $213,000 – double what it gives its silver medalists.

Two is better than one, right? Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim shared the gold medal during the men’s high jump final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. According to ...

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