Mutaz Barshim is a Qatari high jumping world champion, holder of the Asian record and, at 2.43m, has registered the second-highest jump in history. There are few professional athletes who train their ...

Mutaz Barshim is a Qatari high jumping world champion, holder of the Asian record and, at 2.43m, has registered the second-highest jump in history. It was his future coach, Stanislaw Szczyrba ...

Come May 5 and Qatar’s favourite son Mutaz Essa Barshim will return home to one of his favourite competition venues — the Qatar Sports Club. The opening round of this year’s IAAF Diamond League will ...

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Mutaz Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi agreed to a joint Olympic high-jump gold medal. Qatar's Mutaz Barshim added Olympic gold to his world title as he shared the title with Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi in ...

Mutaz Barshim withdrew before the World Track and Field Championships due to a foot injury, missing the chance to compete in the Tokyo stadium where he memorably shared Olympic high jump gold in 2021.

TOKYO -- The Italian high jumper leaped into his rival's arms, then belly-flopped onto the hard track, rolled around a few times and screamed. Gianmarco Tamberi was just getting warmed up, too. It's ...

As vintage years go, 2019 has been one of the best so far for Mutaz Essa Barshim. The Qatari high jumper was crowned world champion in front of a home crowd at the IAAF World Championships in Doha at ...

The athletics competition at the 17th Asian Games lacks the stardust Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang sprinkled over the last couple of editions but high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim brings a touch of genuine ...

TOKYO (AP) — Three-time high jump world champion Mutaz Barshim has ruled himself out of the world athletics championships that open Saturday in Japan after failing to recover from a long-term foot ...