Athletics - World Athletics Championships – men's high jump final – London Stadium, London, Britain – August 13, 2017 – Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar reacts. REUTERS/Phil Noble
LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim secured the global high jump title his talent has promised for so long when he completed a faultless series in the World Championships on Sunday, culminating in a winning leap of 2.35 metres.
The Qatari, the second-highest jumper in history after Cuba's world record holder Javier Sotomayor, has won silver and bronze at the last two Olympics and silver in the 2013 World Championships.
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