The Women's High Jump event kicked off at 12:57 (Local Time) at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field, on August 21, 2021. The temperature range that day was between 13°C - 26°C (55°F - 78°F).
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The event featured a strong field of nine competitors, seven of them Tokyo Olympians: Rachel McCoy (USA), Erika Kinsey (Sweden), Alessia Trost (Italy), the remaining four were Olympic Finalists: Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine), Kamila Lićwinko (Poland), Vashti Cunningham (USA), Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine).
Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine) equaled her mark achieved at the Olympic Games two weeks earlier (August 7, 2021) of 1.98 meters to win the Women's High Jump event at the Prefontaine Classic. The result represents a decrease in height of 0.503% with respect to her Personal Best of 1.99 meters (2019).
SB = Season Best
DNS = Did Not Start
The Competitors in the Women's High Jump and their Cleared Heights:
1. Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine), 1.98m SB
2. Vashti Cunningham (USA), 1.98m
3. Kamila Lićwinko (Poland), 1.90m
4. Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine), 1.90m
5. Rachel McCoy (USA), 1.90m
6. Erika Kinsey (Sweden), 1.83m
6. Alessia Trost (Italy), 1.83m
8. Jelena Rowe (uSA), 1.79m
Thiam Nafissatou (Belgium), DNS
Position number 6 is tied, Kinsey and Trost both cleared 1.83 meters on their first try, then both missed 3X at 1.87 meters.
Note how positions number 3 and number 4 have the same mark. Levchenko couldn't clear 1.87 meters until her second try (that was the difference between 3rd and 4th places). And then Lićwinko and Levchenko performances were practically identical, they both cleared 1.90 meters on their first try, and both missed 3X at 1.93 meters.
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