Category: High Jump News
Olympic high jump champions Hamish Kerr and Mutaz Essa Barshim will face at Doha Diamond League
Olympic high jump champions Hamish Kerr (New Zealand) and Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) will face at the Doha Diamond League on May 16. Hamish Kerr and Mutaz Essa Barshim were on the Olympic podium together in Paris last year, with the Qatari high jumper winning bronze and the New Zealand’s athlete earning gold. “I’m excited
Yaroslava Mahuchikh prepares for the summer season in Portugal
The European indoor high jump champion from Apeldoorn 2025 and bronze medalist at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, has once again chosen Portugal for her summer season preparation. The Olympic champion and world record holder in the event posted photos from Portugal on her Instagram account. For her, the summer
Nicola Olyslagers: I knew I had to do things outside my comfort zone
Nicola Olyslagers defended her world indoor high jump title in Nanjing after taking gold with 1.97m, leaving behind her compatriot from Australia, Eleanor Patterson, and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine). “This is the first time I’ve come from a gold medal position to try to defend something outside of Australia. I knew that if
Yaroslava Mahuchikh: We should respect every gold
The world record holder in the high jump and European indoor champion from Apeldoorn this winter, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing after clearing 1.95m. For the second year in a row, the world indoor title was won by Australian athlete Nicola Olyslagers with 1.97m. “I
Nicola Olyslagers defended her high jump world indoor title
Australian athlete Nicola Olyslagers won the high jump gold for the second year in a row at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. Nicola Olyslagers, a silver medalist at the last two Olympics in Tokyo and Paris, cleared 1.97m. She didn’t make a single foul until 1.99m, where she recorded her only three
Woo Sang-hyeok won his second world indoor title in the high jump
South Korean athlete Woo Sang-hyeok won his second world indoor title in the high jump. The 28-year-old athlete was the only one to clear 2.31m and secure gold in Nanjing (China). The Korean was also the world champion in Belgrade in 2022, and last year in Glasgow he finished with a bronze medal. New Zealander
Hamish Kerr will defend his world high jump title in Nanjing
Hamish Kerr will defend his high jump title as part of a 12-strong New Zealand team named for the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing. The squad for the event in China, which will be held from 21-23 March, is the largest ever named for New Zealand at a global indoor championship. Hamish Kerr cleared 2.36m
Yaroslava Mahuchikh opens the summer season with two Diamond League meetings in China
The reigning Diamond League high jump champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh has confirmed her participation in both meetings of the circuit in China for 2025. Thus, the Olympic champion and world record holder will start first in Xiamen on April 26, and then continue on Chinese soil in Queqiao on May 3. So far, two other big
Angelina Topic won the high jump gold at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting
Angelina Topic won the high jump gold at the World Athletics Tour Indoor Gold Label’s Belgrade Indoor Meeting. The Serbian athletics talent cleared 1.92m to triumph with the prestigious title in front of the crowd that gave her a strong support. The silver went to Marija Vukovic (Montenegro), while the bronze was for Kateryna Tabashnyk
Oleh Doroshchuk cleared 2.30m to win high jump gold at Lviv meeting
European high jump bronze medalist Oleh Doroshchuk cleared 2.30m to win at the National Competitions High Jump “Memorial Demianiuka” in Lviv, Ukraine. He grabbed the gold after clearing the season’s best in the event. The silver went to Dmytro Nikitin with 2.21m, while the bronze went to Vadym Kravchuk with 2.18m. Kyrylo Lutsenko and Nazar