Beitia wins high jump gold at her fourth Olympics 

Beitia is probably the most popular jumper, both with fans and fellow competitors. Her idiosyncratic style even gets the occasional mimic in the crowd (see the 2016 European Champs). But if you watch the competition _in toto_ you will see how much respect she gets from other jumpers. When Alessia Trost - a definite medal prospect - bombed out at 1.97, she made a beeline for Beitia and a quick consoling cry on her shoulder. Towards the end Beitia could be seen cheering her opponents on, something that would have earned her a warning in days gone by. That's why everyone likes her.

She would never have won if only the strongest athlete in the world at that time, Maria Lasitskene, had been allowed to attend the games. This is not a victory - it is a disgrace to the Olympic movement. And Ruth is certainly not to blame for this shame, but this medal should be hidden and not shown to anyone. Because this is a fake, not a real high-level competition

@@swampfolk2526 Olympic games / sports are all about those who participate in these events and not about who are otherwise best but not participating. Why have hypothetical inferences ?

@@kesharisuthar3268Not inviting the best athletes just lowers the level of competition. The high jump in Rio was a low-level competition. They were won by this athlete. It is not particularly honorable to win competitions where strong competitors were simply not allowed.

How did she stay in that unbelievable shape for 12 years and more?

@@cpetrizzi This was made possible only through single minded determination, perseverance and high level of physical training. Such incredible feat is possible, when dedication and commitment of the highest level are there. 👌👌👍👍

Especially after getting 4th place twice.

Anna chicherova 2.02:)))

no tendre idea de salto alto ,pero es triste que no le den medallas a las saltadoras de heptatlon que si usted averigua saltaron 1,98 ....brasil fue un fiasco para el salto femenino.ademas vlasic esta muy mal de forma por lesiones .saludos desde colombia.

@@user-ym4hj6jj8o drugs

only when Americans win...

@@19franken95 Or British.

Hey we home, pandemic. We pay to watch.......?

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try watching em at clarosports.com, not sure where you're from in America Latina there's all the olympics licensed there on demand

I'm from eastern Europe

vesna certic m

vesna certic I completely disagree. I think highlights are great for the people who just want a quick video. Not everybody wants to watch 15-20 mins of high jumps

Haha, Damian created a spammed copy and paste of his comments so the rest of you mimicked the travesty. Brilliant XD

She won ✌🏻

@@siddhartha9834 And that was close to her 2019 shape.

Maria Lasitskene won in 2020 instead.

Dude, shut up

@@jorgemendez4517 *

Well, Maria won in Tokyo, and this travesty of a final is now forgotten. Beitia seems a nice girl, but the fact that she has an Olympic Gold and her peers Blanka Vlasic, Kajsa Bergqvist and Hestrie Cloete don't is a joke.

While you "have" an asterisk, they have a gold, silver and bronze medal... oh! other thing you have... ENVY.

@@jorgemendez4517 Shut up, you, anglosaxon cheater!

*come on

Also they never attempted 1.98, which the heptathletes did.

High jumping in wet or marginal conditions is extremely testy and while this final did not produce spectacular results in terms of heights cleared, I found it a mesmerising battle. It was totally different from the Heptathlon. When the surface is damp it becomes slightly harder and develops an certain amount of slickness to it. Of course all athletes wear spikes (even Donald Thomas now wears them) but it is still possible to slip. What's more, the surface was wetter on one side than the other. This should have favoured jumpers like Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch but she didn't have a particularly good day. What it did was sort out those with cool heads from the rest. Only Demireva jumped a PB (equal). The rest had to hold their nerve. There were genuine medal chances who cracked under pressure. Anyone who watched Kamila Licwinko at 1.97 - a height she would normally make - knew it was tough. You could see it in her face: her eyebrows were up and her lips were pursed. She was feeling it. I couldn't believe it when Airine Palsyte went out at 1.93. There were some very battered egos after this final and I suspect a not a few tears afterwards. What was really noticeable was the regard in which Ruth Beitia is held. She sat there throughout the competition egging her fellow competitors on - something which would have earned her a reprimand in days gone by. When another medal prospect Alessia Trost went out she made a bee line for Beitia for a quick cry on her shoulder.

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@@thethirdman225 Excellent educational comment.

Joey Jerry "the croatian" aka blanka was under medication and in extreme pain during the competition and just because "the american" "sailed" over 193 in the first try doesn't mean she deserves the medal after failing to jump over 197. next.

God no, results are fair and correct, and rules are equal for all competitors, I see no reason why would they be different for americans. American had to take 3 attempts on last hight, while croatian 2. AMEN! AND - she's not only "The Croatian", she's Blanka Vlašić, absolute queen of the high jump ;-)

Alexis Grant, the American did jump over 1.97.

She is an inverted Male hybrid clone

​@@YasinNisay-hr9huyour mom? Yeah

Haciendo trampas cualquiera

and know that in the women's decathlon 2 people jumped 1m98

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Llora

Tiene toda la razón. Beitia es robótica, feísimo cómo salta. ¡Y del PP!

I think she competes in Pole Vault, not High Jump.

Pole Vault not High Jump

The russian queen of high jump is Chicherova. Isinbayeva competes in Pole Vault

Lol no one cares about the dopers like Chicherova

What about Mariya Kuchina then? No doping history and still got banned.

Ruth Beitia can jump over 2m so its not like she is a bad jumper..

Never said she was. Just the performance was bad on that day

Kenta Renard Yes very true

It was good enough. The conditions were totally different from the heptathlon so the comparison is odious.

Very good

totally, the level was so bad that only 17 jumpers qualified to the final

@@tonyyn1696 dumb

@@joejoematic8206 sang by eva b

Nelson Ilizaga no doping, yeah. Fair play.

@@enlosluceros7236 yes because ALL Russians dope 😂

Ikr, I'm 16 and I can jump this! (Okay I'm a man but still seems a little underwhelming)

The level was much higher in the last few years. Ariane Friedrich and Blanka Vlasic jumped about 2m in every competition...

lower centre of gravity mate... it puts women at a disadvantage getting off the ground in addition to men having testosterone to boost muscle power etc...

Ese Omoru​ haha there was no disadvantage in Rio.  Thiam and Johnson-Thompson jumped 1,98m high! In the HEPTATHLON

+Ragnar Jackson Rotich _"You become olympic champion with this height?!"_ Sure. Why not? It doesn't matter how high you jump. It matters how well you jump on the day, relative to your opponents. What has not been reported was that the runway was wet for most of the comp. This has a multi-fold effect. Firstly, it is a psychological problem for some jumpers because slipping is an issue. Secondly, the surface becomes harder and actually has a lower grip index when it is cool or wet, so slippage is actually a reality. Thirdly, the runway was unevenly wet. Left foot take off jumpers had more surface dampness to contend with than those with a right foot take off. That should have played straight into the hands of Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch, fresh from her 2.00m jump at Eberstadt but it didn't. The competition came down to who could adapt best to the conditions. Only Demireva jumped a PB (actually an equal PB). Watch what happened to others like Kamila Licwinko. She's a very seasoned campaigner but you could see defeat written all over her face after her second miss at 1.97m. Vlasic was also recovering from Achilles surgery and was obviously not fully fit. The heights may not have been very impressive but this was a bruising psychological battle where only the coolest heads would prevail. In the end, it was the right result. The bar doesn't lie.

I think Stefka was on doping. In her time, it was practically not tested for it.

E H doping

Correction. The doping wasn't there.

If you do doping no wonder how you do 2.05

@@MARIOSEYIAnd that Laziskene has already been caught doping? Well, for all the time that she is already winning, she has been tested hundreds of times. So why isn't she here? It's just that international officials decided to destroy world sport for the sake of political squabbles.

long jump in mens are bad too... beamon, powell and lewis are better, they haven´t 8,50 meters...

Or nobody wants to beat the bulgarian :) Stefka Kostadinova world record for 29 years.

harder drug testing

There was no world champion, Maria Kuchina, that is why.

No. It's just that there's only CLEAN athletes competing.

onyx topaz it was out because of doping.

they were the best because of the doping lol

Dutch Man but doping enhanced their performance, so yes doping obviously made them better

onyx topaz, Russia were doping so of course they did awesome. Russia women lost about 7 medals in Athletics because of doping.

@@joeyjerry2981 bullshit. Maria Lasitskene was excluded and she didn't take doping. She's won 2 championships after that.

yep

In some World Championships the winning mark was 2.32, like in Berlin 2009...

Pues que hubiesen ido.

عبدالعزيز الشهري This is how a competition looks like when you don't dope.

Fury Of Titans, the Russians who won the gold medals in high Jump did not dope.

Zak B *because of doping.

Or when someone has competed at 4 Olympics and has over a decade and a half of experience.

This is what happens when you kick dipping out of athletics

@@enlosluceros7236 Because of lies of Coe and Mclaren

@@enlosluceros7236 because of politics, not because of doping.