The men’s high jump at the Olympics came down to sudden death. After New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr and American Shelby McEwen each cleared 2.36 meters, the two athletes went to a jump-off for gold, ...
SAINT-DENIS, France — Since he was a kid growing up in Abbeville, Miss., Shelby McEwen always loved to jump. “Jumping off trampolines, jumping off hay, flipping all the time,” McEwen said. His love of ...