Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim in action during the men’s high jump event at the Herculis meeting in Monaco, yesterday.
Barshim cleared the bar at 2.30m in a thrilling battle against South Korean World Championship silver medallist Woo Sanghyeok to clinch the victory.
Being the last men standing after the rest of the field failed in their respective attempts to go beyond 2.25m, both Barshim and Sanghyeok failed at 2.32m after clearing 2.30m.
Then the bar was lowered once again to 2.30m as the Qatari star prevailed by clearing in his first attempt while the South Korean failed, giving the reigning world champion the victory at the Stade Louis II.
