Qatari star Mutaz Barshim won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 2018 Asian Games. Olympic Games Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, giving his country its first medals in this major event.
The Qatari falcon succeeded in clearing a height of 2.34 metres, which is the best height he has achieved this year, while the gold medal was shared between the American Shelby McEwen and the New Zealander Hamish Kerr after they cleared a height of 2.36 metres.
The Qatari star managed to clear a height of 2.34 metres on his first attempt, but the competition was fierce after that in clearing the next height, so he settled for third place and succeeded in ascending the podium for the fourth consecutive time in the Olympic event.
Mutaz Barshim (33 years old) succeeded in giving Qatar its first medal during the Paris Olympics, crowning his great efforts throughout the past months in which he was attending, during which he succeeded in winning several international meetings, while the Paris Olympics will be the last Olympic station in which he participates in light of his relative advanced age.
Mutaz Barshim is the first Arab athlete to win 4 medals in the Olympics
Barshim became the first Arab athlete to win 4 medals in the history of the Summer Olympics, having previously won the silver medal in London 2012, the silver medal in Rio de Janeiro 2016, and the gold medal in Tokyo 2020, writing his name in letters of gold in the history of Arab and Qatari sports.
It is worth noting that the scenario of the last edition of the Olympics was repeated today in Paris, where two players shared the gold medal, and this is what happened with Barshim and the Italian Gianmarco Tamberi in Tokyo, when they shared the gold together.
