“Amazing” jump wins Australian Eleanor Patterson high jump gold medal at World Championships
Eleanor Patterson won the gold medal in the women’s high jump at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 26-year-old becomes the tenth Australian to win a world athletics title, joining Cathy Freeman, Dani Samuels and Sally Pearson. Patterson shot 2.02 meters to win the countdown ahead of Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh (2.02 m) and …