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Whether you knock on wood or throw salt over our shoulders, most people have a superstition or two.
But no matter what you believe in, superstitions can give meaning to the often random nature of life and give people the feeling of control.
In the world of high-stakes competition, this

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Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy sporting his famous half beard in the 2019 Men's High Jump final

Half-shaven beards and lucky socks: Athlete superstitions at Paris 2024

Yes, yes, you can! Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi shared the top step of the podium in the men’s high jump at Tokyo 2020.

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Can we have two golds?

Watch all the Olympic Gold Medal moments from Italy at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Italy in Tokyo

Remember when Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi shared gold in the men’s high jump? This hasn't been the only moment where we saw the Olympic spirit at the 2020 Olympic Games. Relive all of the true Olympic spirit moments from #Tokyo2020!

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True Olympic Spirit Moments at #Tokyo2020

A truly medal-worthy performance from G Tamberi. Take a look at one of their greatest moments!

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Medal Moment | Tokyo 2020: Men's High Jump - G Tamberi (ITA)

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The curtain has fallen on the 2024 Diamond League season, closing with a crescendo at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Saturday (14 September).
The world’s best chased coveted Diamond Trophies with Kenya's Faith Kipyegon among the stars who shone brightest as she retained her 1500m title. The world

Athletics | Wanda Diamond League Final | Brussels

Faith Kipyegon clocked a meeting record to win the 1500m at the 2024 Diamond League Final in Brussels

Diamond League Final 2024: Faith Kipyegon breaks meet record to end stellar season

Olympic champions Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Gianmarco Tamberi and Ryan Crouser hurdled, jumped and threw to victory on Monday evening (9 September) at the Gala dei Castelli in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
The event is one of the silver standard World Athletics Continental Tour competitions.
Crouser, the American back-to-back-to-back Olympic champion in men’s shotput,

ROME, ITALY - AUGUST 30: Ryan Crouser of the United States reacts after competing in the shot put men during the Diamond League - Golden Gala at Stadio Olimpico on August 30, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

Ryan Crouser of the United States reacts

Olympic champions Camacho-Quinn, Tamberi and Crouser victorious in Bellinzona

The entire Stadio Olimpico was quiet and watching one man: Gianmarco Tamberi.
Italy's Tokyo 2020 joint-Olympic champion in the men's high jump had brought the bar down twice at 2.30m and needed to clear his final jump to stay in the competition at the Golden Gala, Rome's Diamond League athletics

Athletics | Wanda Diamond League | Rome

Athletics - Diamond League - Rome - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - August 30, 2024 Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi reacts during the men's high jump REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

Gianmarco Tamberi at the 2024 Rome Diamond League

Rome Diamond League 2024: Gianmarco Tamberi ties for third as Woo Sanghyeok wins

A newlywed in the tricky spot of having lost their wedding ring might quietly – quietly, but frantically – look for said missing item.
When you're in a barge on the Seine river in an epic Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 watched by millions worldwide plus 300,000

Gianmarco Tamberi of Team Italy competes at 2024 European Championships in Rome

Gianmarco Tamberi turns losing wedding ring in Seine into a positive

As the Olympic Games Paris 2024 are set to begin, we check in on those who lit up the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
This remarkable collection of athletes include inaugural medallists in new Olympic sports, such as skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, and those who earned a first-ever medal for

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Team Italy celebrates after winning the Men's 100m Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

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Top history makers at Tokyo 2020 and where they are now

With not long to go until the Olympic Games Paris 2024 gets underway, the competition is heating up.
After years of tireless training, it can all come down to one moment. Tempers can flair, contention can spike and athletes will often find themselves up against familiar faces.
From javelin throws

Kenenisa Bekele will face Eliud Kipchoge for the first time since 2018 (Photo by Mike Owen)

Kenenisa Bekele will make his Olympic return at Paris 2024

Paris 2024 Olympics: Five unmissable rivalries

With the Opening Ceremony taking place on 26 July, athletes are in the final stages of preparation for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
While competing in the biggest sporting show on earth will be at the forefront of their mind, that’s not all these soon-to-be Paris 2024 Olympians are excited

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 12: The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower ahead of the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on June 12, 2024 in Paris, France. The 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin on July 26. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

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What are athletes most excited for in Paris?

Muscle fibres honed, fast-twitch reactions snapping, endurance batteries charged, the 2024 European Athletics Championships will be full of human endeavour, enhanced in its drama with less than two months to go until the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
From debutants trying to make a breakthrough, to edge-of-Olympic-selection nervousness, to those making

Gianmarco Tamberi of Team Italy wins World high jump gold

Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships top storylines

Gianmarco Tamberi and Arianna Errigo will be the flag-bearers of the Italian delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) announced the decision on Monday (22 April).
Tamberi won gold at Tokyo 2020 in the high jump as only the second

Arianna Errigo and Gianmarco Tamberi have been chosen as Italy's flag bearers at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Tamberi and Errigo named flag-bearers for Italy at Paris 2024

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It was one of the most emotional and heartwarming moments in Olympic history - when Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi decided to share high jump gold rather than continue with the jump-off at Tokyo 2020. Re-live that magic moment and hear from the two men involved.

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Barshim and Tamberi: United by gold and friendship

This event took place on 01/08/2021 at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. It includes the Men's 100m Semifinals and Final, the Women's 100m and Women's Shot Put Victory Ceremony, the Women's Triple Jump and Men's High Jump Finals as well as the Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinals, the Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals and the Men's 800m Semifinals

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Track and Field - Day 9 - Evening Session - Athletics | Tokyo 2020 Replays

This event took place on 01/08/2021 at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. Barshim (QAT) and Tamberi (ITA) shared the Gold, Nedasekau (BLR) completed the podium

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Half-shaven beards and lucky socks: Athlete superstitions at Paris 2024

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Half-shaven beards and lucky socks: Athlete superstitions at Paris 2024

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Italy in Tokyo

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