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 ...

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 ...

Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim has announced that he will not be competing at the World Championships in Tokyo which is set to start on September 13th. Barshim stated that he has been struggling ...

As the world counts down to Milan-Cortina 2026, Kind Alert—our daily series celebrating moments of kindness and humanity at the Games—is revisiting unforgettable Olympic moments that prove sports ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a show of true sportsmanship, high jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy have decided to share gold. Known for their friendship outside of the sport, both Olympians ...

Qatar's Olympic and world championship-winning high jump hero Mutaz Barshim is, with a huge 2.43m PB, the man with the second-highest jump in history. There are few professional athletes who train ...