Men’s high jump winners had a pretty special reason for deciding to share the gold medal

“Can we have two golds?” What an awesome moment between two good friends.

Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi shared one of the more heartwarming moments of the 2020 Toyko Games on Sunday when the two high jumpers decided to share the gold medal instead of having a jump off to declare a single winner.

Barshim and Tamberi were tied up after both were unable to clear the last height of 2.39 meters (7.8 feet) following three attempts.

The two didn’t know if sharing a gold medal would be an option until Barshim asked an official a very simple quesiton: “Can we have two golds?”

The answer was yes and the two winners had an awesome celebration.

USA TODAY Sports’ Tom Schad is in Japan covering the Olympics and shared this pretty awesome note about the friendship between these two men and why their decision to share the gold was so special:

Awesome.

Tom has even more on the story over at USA TODAY Sports. Make sure to read it.

What a story and what a moment for those two gold medal winners.

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