Madrid 2022: Preview Women’s High Jump World Athletics Indoor Tour Meeting
Madrid 2022: Preview Women’s High Jump World Athletics Indoor Tour Meeting
Eleanor Patterson of Australia is seeking to build on her outstanding season after winning the high jump competition in Banska Bystrika with a world-leading mark of 1.99m.
Patterson went on to win the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Birmingham with a jump of 1.97m.
The Australian jumper, who finished fifth in the Olympic final in Tokyo with 1.96m, will take on 2010 world under 20 champion Marija Vukovic from Montenegro, who set a national record of 1.96m in Banska Bystrika, 2017 world outdoor silver medallist Yuliya Levchenko from the Ukraine, and Emily Borthwick from Great Britain, who won in Karlsruhe with 1.91m and in Hustopece with her PB of 1.95m.
By Watch Athletics