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A strange scene occurred at the men's high jump final at the Paris Olympics.

New Zealander Hamish Cole and American Shelby McEwen had identical results in their regular time. They both jumped over 2.36 meters in one attempt, and then failed in three attempts to jump over 2.38 meters.

The judges asked the two athletes if they were willing to share the gold medal. If they were willing, both athletes could take home a gold medal, and New Zealand and the United States would each add a gold medal to the medal table. The only drawback was that neither athlete could enjoy the gold medal prize money alone, but could only share the gold and silver medal prize money equally.

In the end, the two refused to share the gold medal and decided to go to overtime to decide the winner. In the overtime match, both failed at 2.38 and 2.36 meters. Hamish Kerr finally succeeded in his attempt at 2.34 meters, while McEwan still failed at 2.34 meters. Hamish Kerr won the gold medal alone and also received the gold medal bonus of 50,000 US dollars. McEwan's gold medal was changed to silver medal, and he could only get the silver medal bonus. On the medal table, the US delegation lost one gold medal and gained one silver medal.