Stefan Holm of Sweden jumping in the 2004 European Cup (© Getty Images)
In the High Jump meeting in Eberstadt, Germany yesterday Sweden’s triple World Indoor champion Stefan Holm leapt to a marvellous new outdoor personal best of 2.36.
The height was also a new world season’s best performance, improving on Andrey Sokolovskiy’s 2.35 (13 June). The Ukrainian was well beaten yesterday in third with a 2.30 leap of his own.
Note - Holm, 28, had leapt a personal best of 2.37 indoors on 12 February this year in Stockholm.
Ukraine’s Irina Mikhalchenko, 32, leapt 2.01m to win the women’s competition, a height which was also a personal best. The Ukrainian who had won Eberstadt in 2002 with 2.00m, cleared all heights till 1.97 on the first attempt and had two good jumps at 2.03m
Men
1 Stefan Holm 2.36
2 Jaroslaw Baba CZE 2.33
3 Andrey Sokolowski UKR 2.30
4 Robert Wolski POL 2.30
5 Alessandro Talotti ITA 2.27
6= Mark Boswell CAN 2.27
6= Tomas Janku CZE 2.27
6= Jaroslaw Rybakov RUS 2.27
9 Swatoslaw Ton CZE 2.24
Women
1 Irina Mikhalchenko UKR 2.01
2 Viktoria Stjopina UKR 1.99
3 Iva Strakowa CZE 1.93
4= Máriá Melowa SVK1.90
4=Ariane Friedrich GER 1.90
