MEN’S HIGH JUMP. 2018 IN REVIEW: THE MEN’S HIGH JUMP SEASON IN 2018 WAS A BROKEN ONE FOR THE TOP JUMPERS.

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The men’s high jump season in 2018 was a broken one for the top jumpers.
The reigning world champion, Mutaz Essa Barshim, started the season well clearing a 2.38m world indoor lead in his first competitions of the season at the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran. The 27-year-old Qatari was beaten at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in March, where authorised neutral athlete Danil Lysenko won with a third attempt 2.36m clearance against Barshim’s 2.33m. Lysenko had jumped 2.37m before the championships and won the silver medal in London 2017 behind Barshim. Outdoors Barshim started strong, topping 2.40m in Doha in May, followed by 2.36m in Eugene, 2.36m in Oslo, 2.38m in Ostrava and another 2.40m clearance in Székesfehérvár at the start of July. But that was it for the Qatari as injury ended his season prematurely when he damaged his ankle ligaments on his final try at a 2.46m World record height in Székesfehérvár.
Lysenko wasn’t as stable outdoors as he was indoors, but did jump 2.36m in Ostrava in June before winning with 2.37m in Lausanne in July before equalling Barshim’s 2.40m world lead and personal best win in Monaco in July. However, his season ended when the IAAF Doping Review Board revoked his ANA status at the start of August.
With the two top names sidelined, Australian Brandon Starc took the Diamond League title in the event to cap a season in which the 24-year-old won the Commonwealth title in April and topped a 2.36m Oceania area record in Eberstadt in August. At the European Championships in Berlin

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