The Males’s excessive leap is an occasion about limits. The excessive jumper continues to leap till they miss a top. Observing Sanghyeok Woo and Hamish Kerr is all the time a deal with, because the athletes push one another to their limits.
On Friday, Hamish Kerr’s dream of defending his title from 2024 Glasgow ended at 2.28m, the place he needed to battle a number of athletes for the silver and bronze.
Woo, Kerr, Richards, and Kosiba cleared 2.14m and a pair of.20m on first clearances. Woo and Kerr wanted two makes an attempt at 2.24m, after which Wool cleared 2.28m and a pair of.31m on the primary makes an attempt.
Kerr cleared 2.28m on his first try, then took 3 sport makes an attempt at 2.31m, nevertheless it was to not be.
Raymond Richards, JAM, took the bronze at 2.28m, simply forward of Elijah Kosiba (additionally clearing 2.28m SB)
Hamish Kerr, NZ, taking silver, spoke to the media concerning the challenges of the excessive leap:
“It was an excellent environment right here immediately. My objective immediately was to attempt to have a number of jumps, so greater than 5 jumps. I did that. I used to be annoyed with that 231, and that’s good as a result of once I’m annoyed, it implies that I need to be right here and I actually need to do effectively. So I do know that frustration will go house with me and quite a lot of success and happiness, however it would give me the starvation to return extra substantial subsequent time. At present truly reforms my confidence; I feel realizing the place I’m on my course of for this 12 months and getting a outcome like that’s fairly good. As a result of I’m making an attempt to alter issues, we’re making an attempt to get constant for later within the 12 months. I do know it’s solely getting higher and higher. My run-up clearly modified a couple of issues round my place within the curve. Additionally, I’m doing rather more health club work in my coaching technique. I’m getting a bit stronger. So with that, there’s all the time gonna be modifications in my physique making an attempt to know and be assured about the place I’m in my run-up. It’s not fairly but, however I do know that the modifications we’re making are glorious ones. At present, it exhibits we’re heading in the right direction. I simply have to do extra. I took a very long time after the Olympics. I’d solely have performed 2 months of coaching coming to this, one other two, and one other two. And that’ll get us to the world champs. I’m simply gonna be so significantly better. Woo appears unbelievable on the market. He clearly had a tough time on the finish of final 12 months, and I beat him this time final 12 months, however he’s clearly ready very effectively. I like to see him doing effectively. I want to be up there with him and push him alongside for a couple of extra heights.
Sanghyeok, WOO, Korea, took the gold. His feedback on the competitors had been telling:
“I can win this gold medal immediately due to my expertise on the Paris Olympics final 12 months. I’ve heard folks say it wouldn’t work out, however I’ve all the time cherished the excessive leap. It’s a sport I do as a result of I actually get pleasure from it. Even in any case that, I continued coaching with my coach and simply had enjoyable with it. I need to take this second to sincerely thank my coach. After the Olympics, it was a bit powerful. However trying again, it was only a momentary part. I got here again with Coach Kim, and we stated, let’s put together exhausting for subsequent 12 months’s world indoor championships, so we labored along with that mindset. And now that I’ve been in a position to do effectively once more, it’s actually a beautiful night time for me. My coach inspired me to proceed doing the excessive leap, which I really like. So, I’m grateful for my expertise in Paris and my coach for permitting me to remain centered on the world championships and win one other gold medal. It has been an excellent motivation for me. I achieved what I aimed for. The environment immediately was nice; the Chinese language crowd gave me extra power. I attempted for two.31m, and I’m a fortunate man immediately. It was a troublesome competitors. I feel I’m prepared for Tokyo.”
