Nicola Olyslagers has soared to global glory with a last-gasp leap to win high jump gold at the world indoor athletics championships in Glasgow. The main hope in Australia’s small team in Scotland, Olympic silver medallist Olyslagers once more rose to the big occasion on Friday night (Saturday AEDT) in her first indoor competition. The Australian athlete earned her win in the most dramatic fashion, making a final-attempt clearance at 1.99m to turn what looked set to be another silver into gold. “I had a decision to make - was I going to listen to these doubts, or do what I needed to do? A duel between Olyslagers and her world-class domestic rival Eleanor Patterson, who took silver ahead of her in Budapest, never materialised.

Source: The Guardian March 03, 2024 01:09 UTC