A happy Morgan Lake smiles as she clears the bar in the final of the women's high jump
in London. She cleared the same height a fellow Brit Thompson-Johnson but took
two attempts to do so. Katrina took just one. Both failed 1.97 three times.
Morgan won the 2014 World Junior Championship in the event (1.93m) and the Heptathlon
title at the same Championships. In 2015 she was the European Junior high jump champion
2017 World Athletics Championship. London Olympic Stadium,
England.
Women's high jump final
| 1. |
LASITSKENE |
Mariya
|
Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) |
2.03 |
**
|
| 2. |
LEVCHENKO |
Yuliya
|
Ukraine (UKR) |
2.01 |
|
| 3. |
LICWINKO |
Kamila
|
Poland (POL) |
1.99 |
|
| 4. |
JUNGFLEISH |
Marie-Laurence
|
Germany (GER)
|
1.95 |
|
| 5. |
THOMPSON-JOHNSON |
Katarina
|
Great Britain (GBR) |
1.95 |
|
| 6. |
LAKE |
Morgan |
Great Britain (GBR) |
1.95 |
|
| 7. |
PALSYTE |
Airinė |
Lithuania (LTU) |
1.92 |
|
| 7. |
DEMIREVA |
Mirela |
Bulgaria (BUL) |
1.92 |
|
Lasitskene was the first Authorised Neutral Athlete to win a gold medal.
For the medal ceremony, the "IAAF Anthem" was played as a substitute for a national anthem.