Nicola Olyslagers raises the bar with back-to-back Diamond League victories
Australian clears 2.00m to win high jump ahead of Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Linden Hall fourth in 1500m behind Nelly Chepchirchir in Paris
Moments after leaving her rivals in her wake in the Diamond League yet again, Nicola Olyslagers set the bar even higher. Australia’s high-jumping royalty leapt to gold under the Parisian sky on Friday, rising over 2.00m to claim back-to-back gold medals on the world’s premier athletics circuit.
It was her second jump that made the difference, relegating Ukrainian world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh to second and compatriot Eleanor Patterson to bronze. But despite her seventh success overall after her most recent win in Stockholm, Olyslagers is not entirely happy.