Ukraine’s Andrey Sokolovskiy clears 2.38m in Rome (© Getty Images)
Ukraine's Andrey Sokolovskiy established a world leading High Jump of 2.35m to win the 20th Jubilee indoor meeting in Wuppertal, Germany on Friday 26 January.
Sokolovskiy, who failed to qualify for the final at last summer's European Championships, started at 2.14, then passed 2.18, again went on the first time at 2.22, passed 2.25, and jumped 2.28 on his second approach to the bar.
In what was his first competition of the year, he then took 2.30 at his first try, then had the courage to pass 2.32. He capped his day with another first time jump at 2.35m and then had two failures at what would have been his new indoor best of 2.37m. His indoor best from last year in Banska Bystrica is 2.36, outdoors he did 2.38 back in 2005.
Sokolovskiy took an easy win ahead of Germany's Eike Onnen (2.30m PB – 1st attempt) and Kabelo Kgosiemang, who set a Botswana record of 2.25m (3rd attempt) to take third place.
Alfons Juck for the IAAF
