Ruth Beitia celebrates clearing 1.98 metres to win the 2016 European Championship
in Amsterdam. It was a season best for the 2014 and 2012 champion who then tried to
clear 2 metres.
When she cleared the winning height she was actually in third place
having failed at 1.93m, unlike Mirela Demireva and Airinė Palšytė , who had yet to fail
at any height, but neither got over 1.98m.
2016 Women's European High Jump Championship. Amsterdam.
1.
|
BEITIA
|
Ruth
|
ESP
|
1.98m (SB)
|
| 2. |
DEMIREVA
|
Mirela |
BUL |
1.96m |
| 3. |
PAISYTE |
Airine |
LIT |
1.96m |
| 4. |
THIAM |
Nafissatou |
BEL |
1.93m |
| 5. |
JUNGFLEISCH
|
Marie-Laurance
|
GER |
1.93m |
| |
|
|
|
. |
Ruth continued with her celebration as she returned to await the next competitor to
attempt
the same height. Neither did.
The following month the 37 year old then went to Brazil to compete in the 2016
Rio Olympic Games.
She came away with the Gold medal !
16th in 2004 in Athens.
7th in 2008 Beijing.
4th in London in 2012.
She had yet to win an Olympic medal. Ruth won because she was the only jumper to clear
1.88m, 1.93m and 1.97m at her first attempt. All the other failed at one of those heights.
The top four all failed to clear two metres - each had three tries to do so.
Final women's high jump.
2016 Rio Olympic games.
| 1. |
Ruth Beitia |
Spain |
1.97 |
|
| 2. |
Mirela Demireva |
Bulgaria |
1.97 |
PB |
| 3. |
Blanka Vlašić
|
Croatia |
1.97 |
SB |
| 4. |
Chaunte Lowe |
United States |
1.97 |
|
| 5. |
Alessia Trost |
Italy |
1.93 |
|
| 6. |
Levern Spencer |
Saint Lucia |
1.93 |
|
| 7. |
Sofie Skoog |
Sweden |
1.93 |
|
| 7. |
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch |
Germany |
1.93 |
|
| |
|
|
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Ruth Beita waves the Spanish flag.
Here Ruth is her usual eye popping self in Paris in August after the Olympics.