2016 Olympic GamesAug 17, 2016 by Dennis Young
Canadian Derek Drouin Wins High Jump Gold
Canadian Derek Drouin Wins High Jump Gold
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Derek Drouin of Canada won his first Olympic gold medal in the high jump on Tuesday evening, turning in a clean sheet through 2.38 meters to win easily over longtime rivals Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Bohdan Bondarenko of Ukraine. All three had zero misses through 2.36m, but Barshim missed all three tries there and Bondarenko missed two before taking a failed crack at 2.40m. With gold secure, Drouin took one shot at 2.40m and missed.
Drouin is the defending world champion and won shared Olympic bronze with Barshim and a British athlete in London four years ago. 2012 silver medalist Eric Kynard of the United States also jumped 2.33m, the same as Barshim and Bondarenko, but had three misses on the way up. He was sixth on misses.
Drouin's gold is the first in the event for Canada since 1932.
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