high jump

Morgan Lake, who improved her British high jump record by clearing two metres for the first time in August, safely qualified for her final with a clearance at 1.92m.

Morgan Lake made history by becoming the first British woman to clear two metres in the high jump as she finished third at the Diamond League Final in Zurich.

Morgan Lake becomes the first British woman in history to clear two metres in the high jump at the Diamond League final in Zurich.

Morgan Lake finished fifth in the women's high jump with a first time clearance at 1.86m before registering three failures at 1.91m.

Three of the five longest held men's world records in the most commonly contested events are jumps: the high jump, long jump and triple jump records were all set between 1991 and 1995.