Barshim ready for Florence challenge 10 Jun 2021 - 9:40 Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim talks with Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi during the World Athletics Championships in Doha in this file photo. Fawad Hussain/ The Peninsula Reigning world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim is ready to compete against a strong field in the high jump event of the third Diamond League meeting, which takes place in Florence, Italy today. It will be the second appearance for Qatar’s gravity-defying athlete this Diamond League season, after he clinched second position at the home meet in Doha last month, in build up for this summer’s Olympic Games.