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Barshim Already Back to Winning Ways in High Jump

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Barshim Jumps Asian Record 2.40m in Banska Bystrica

Published by IAAF on February 4, 2015

Mutaz Essa Barshim improved his own Asian record by two centimetres to 2.40m at the Banskobystrická latka 2015 high jump competition in the Slovakian town of Banska Bystrica on Wednesday (4).

Into the bargain, it was the best mark in the world this year, a meeting record, and Barshim joins a select group of jumpers who have cleared 2.40m or better indoors, a club which now has eight members.

His previous Asian indoor record had been 2.38m, set when winning at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Barshim, who holds the Asian outdoor record with 2.43m, was competing in the first of four indoor meetings in the next three weeks, and had arrived in Banska Bystrica saying only that he wanted to enjoy himself at his first competition of the year.

 

"To be honest, I was initially going to rest a lot during the indoor season but I found that too boring and I only started training a couple of months ago, a short time after the IAAF World Athlete of The Year Gala last November," Barshim had commented with his cheery relaxed demeanour earlier in the day.



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