US high jumper Shelby McEwen defends decision to refuse sharing gold medal with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr
Shelby McEuen is an Olympic medalist — call her greedy or call her competitive. The 28-year-old American defended his decision to compete in a jump-off with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr in the men’s high jump final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday rather than share the gold medal. “If it was meant to be, […]
Base jumper plummets 500ft into the Grand Canyon to his death
The latest tragic accident occurred at Grand Canyon National Park this week, when a man fell to his death while attempting a base jump. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center dispatched officers to Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday morning after receiving a report of a visitor attempting to BASE jump from […]
Base jumper dies after 500-foot jump off Grand Canyon
A thrill-seekers attempted an illegal base jump off the rim of the Grand Canyon and fell 500 feet to his death, according to the National Park Service. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center responded to a report of a visitor jumping off Yavapai Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park around 7:30 […]
Italy high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi apologizes to wife after losing wedding ring during flag-bearing duties
Something went a little wrong for Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi’s flag-bearing duties at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, but it had nothing to do with the green, white and red flag he was waving. He lost his wedding ring. Tamberg is Instagram Posts The Seine, where boats from all over the […]
Fandango founder J. Michael Cline ID’d as jumper who leaped to his death from luxury NYC hotel: cops
The man who jumped to his death from a luxury Midtown hotel this week is believed to be the wealthy co-founder of Fandango, a movie-ticket sales company that has been hit hard by the pandemic, officials and police said Wednesday. According to law enforcement officials, J. Michael Klein, a 64-year-old “serial entrepreneur” and father of […]
Tragic icon of the Seas jumper fell 90 feet: staffer
A passenger who jumped from the world’s largest cruise ship on Sunday fell a whopping 90 feet to his death, officials said, and that staff on board knew exactly what had happened before the passenger hit the water. The man, whose identity has not been released, jumped from a running track on the fifth floor […]
Male High Jumper Obliterates Girls’ State Record in New Hampshire High School Championship
Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore high jumper Mael Jacks, a man but competed as a woman, won the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship. Jack didn’t just win the women’s high jump. competition. He erased the women’s record by jumping at 5 feet 1 inch, an inch higher than any of the […]