âUnbelievableâ: Aussie Olympianâs crazy feat SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 18: Nicola McDermott celebrates a cleared jump in the Women s High Jump Final during the Australian Track & Field Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on April 18, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)
Track and Field by Nic Savage 19th Apr 2021 5:37 AM Aussie Olympian Nicola McDermott has set a new national high jump record, becoming the first Australian woman to break the two-metre barrier. Competing at the Australian Track and Field Championships in Sydney on Sunday, McDermott cleared 2.00m on her second attempt to better the previous Oceania record of 1.99m set by Eleanor Patterson in February 2020.
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Subscriber only Craig Mottram certainly isn t offended and tells the story more to explain how down-to-earth Australia s potential next track star is. He was sitting alongside Claudia Hollingsworth at Box Hill recently before a mixed 5000m event was about to take place. He couldn t help but laugh and it s why he s so excited about the Year 10 student from Mentone Grammar. For the record Mottram is one of Australia s greatest ever distance runners, winning a world championships bronze medal and Commonwealth Games silver medal over 5000m.