CONTRARY to the spirit of an age obsessed with winners and losers, there is nothing wrong with a draw.
Ask Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and his fellow high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy, who decided between themselves to share the Olympic gold medal rather than prolong a magnificent contest in which they had proved inseparable.
Spin forward a couple of days and the prospect of a second successive squared Lions series was the talk of South Africa.
The tone was in sharp contrast to the joyous message of fellowship spread by those outstanding athletes in Tokyo.
Even Warren Gatland, who ...