In 2014, Mutaz Essa Barshim and Bogdan Bondarenko engaged in one of the most enthralling high jump battles in history, swapping blows throughout the season in their bid to claim the Diamond Trophy.
By the time the final in Brussels came around, the two remained neck and neck, and the stage was set for a groundbreaking competition.
While Bondarenko sailed to 2.40m without problem, Barshim nearly stumbled at 2.37m, before rallying and jumping 2.40m himself at the first attempt. What followed was a moment of athletics history, as the Qatari cleared 2.43m to take victory, the IAAF Diamond League title and move his PB to within two centimetres of Javier Sotomayor’s world record.
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Barshim will tie or break Sotomayors record
7' 11 3/4" he's scared to death of 8 🦶
barshim cleared 2.43 by miles, he definitely would’ve equalled the world record or broken it with that jump
I remember the last attempt for him he failed due to his legs not his hips that's crazy to imagine that in 2.46 👏👏
I didn't see exactly the detail of the Barshim's jump, but if he had a clearance at least 2 cm on the 243 cm jump, he definitely JUMPED HIGHER than Sotomayor in his world record, which pushed the rod down significantly at his 245 cm jump, although it didn't fall (which means he didn't jump 245 cm in reality, but somewhat lower).
This jump looks higher than sotomayors 2.45 jump which was technical perfection
Can he break the World Record in Tokyo 2021 Olympic?
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What about today's performance from Bashim and Tamberi at TOKYA 2021… a moment to remember.. welldone both.
He broke this today, by his ideal sportsmanship , sharing gold with his Olympic rival 🙂 ! 🏆🥇🏅👑⭐️
It’s hard for me to see them clear well above and wonder what they could’ve maxed –
When we gonna evolved to laser measurements to see how high the jump above the bar to get max readings !!?
Sotomayor Cuba 🇨🇺🇨🇺
He is the most elegant high jumper I've ever seen!
amazing by Barshim but damn look at the jumping abilities of Bondarenko, it looks like he takes a small leap and just flies over the bar at 2:37
He later failed to break WR, still amazing af, it will be a few years until sotemayor record is broken. I predict it will go in the next olympics in 2024 or next championship maybe 2022 next year
Barshim is so cute!!! I love dark skinned guys
Well-done barshem
Brashim is the new sotomayor .
great athlete
i thought this was long jump for a second
They had an even better competition that year. I was in the stadium in New York when they both cleared 2.42m and both had attempts at a WR height of 2.46m. Barshim had one attempt that was agonizingly close. It's the only time ever that two athletes have cleared higher than 2.40 in the same competition. It was an amazing season for both of them. Barshim remains at the top 7 years later which is remarkable.
Sotomayor's incredible feat stands the test of time.
The fact that he has leaped past the 2.40 mark a whopping twenty-four times while no one has done it more than a handful of times is astounding.
Jai Guruji
he sadly will not break the WR, that was his peak.
If someone could beating Sotomayor's World Record is Barshim and no other one!
when the bar is at 2.40m but that is too easy so your body decides to jump 2.60m
He was at 2.45 or more in those last two jumps
Arab people have good heart
The way he cleared 2.40 looked liked he could have cleared 2.45 in that same jump and plenty of room spare maybe even 2.47m
Mutaz Barshim Pride of Qatar 🇶🇦❤️🇵🇭!
barshim was so close to breaking the world record i think 3 years ago at 2.46 he was clear over it but the bar just slowly fell off
the height he produce that jump could pass 2.45 or getting to 2.45
Does anyone know what spikes he is wearing?
What's astonishing is Barshim's 2.40m was cleared by a good 10cm at least which would give him a 2.50m well above the world record and he's only 6 foot 2" in height which is relatively modest for a high jumper
Allahu Akbar… ❣️
It will be cool if he Jumped over 8ft (2.44m). Making him the second person to clear 8ft.
I hope Barshim will break the world record one day!
The smoothest jumper of all time. Bondarenko was a huge performer in a different style.
His chance at the WR may be over. But he has always been fun to watch. One day, someone is going to break Sotomayor's record.
I was in the stadium and he was probably at 2.60 with that jump, that was amazing.