14 May, 2016

High Jump Women: Spencer bounces back to win three-way battle

St Lucia’s Pan American Games champion Lavern Spencer moved from third to first with a sailing clearance at 1.94 to win a three-way tussle for the 10 Diamond League points with Uzbekistan’s former Asian champion Nadezhda Dusanova and European bronze medallist Ana Simic. Croatian Simic took the lead with a season’s best at 1.92, but Spencer bounced back with a first time effort at 1.94 where Dusanova needed three. A world lead of 1.96 was beyond Dusanova and Spencer bowed out, happy to take the win on countback.

Levern Spencer: "I have finally won a Diamond League event, so I am really happy. My hamstring started hurting me at one point and I wondered if I should carry on, but I have been jumping really well this season. I am working with a new coach (Petros Kyprianou), we have been working on a few technical things and it is really starting to come together. It is a great way to start my Diamond League season.