A draw can signify honour, just ask the Olympians | Chris Hewett

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TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Joint gold medalists Mutaz Essa Barshim of Team Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Team Italy celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's High Jump on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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 ...

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