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EVENT: Athletics: Men's High Jump

High jumper Hamish Kerr won gold in dramatic fashion at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The competition went to a jump-off as Kerr and eventual American Shelby McEwan could not be separated after both progressed at 2.36 but missed all three attempts at 2.38m.

With the bar lowered back to 2.36 both McEwan and Kerr missed their attempts, with the bar lowered again to 2.34. McEwan was the first to jump and failed to clear it. Kerr then floated over 2.34 throwing his hands over his face in disbelief.

The win was New Zealand’s first athletics gold medal since Valerie Adams at the London 2012 Olympics in the shot put. The gold was also New Zealand’s first-ever medal in the high jump at the Olympic Game

Hamish Kerr

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