New Zealand's Hamish Kerr took gold in the men's Olympic high jump after winning a tiebreaker over American silver medalist Shelby McEwen.
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Both jumpers started to tire and failed to make it over 2.38 meters in three attempts. The bar was lowered back to 2.36 then to 2.34, which Kerr was the first to clear and clinch victory for his country's first medal in the event. Haruka Kitaguchi crushed the women's javelin, taking the top of the podium with her first throw of 65.80 meters to give Japan its first gold medal in the event.
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