Not since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics had two Aussies shared the podium at a major world athletics event ... until Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers jumped to medals in Budapest overnight.
Australia has ended its most prolific world championships ever with an historic double in the women’s high jump.
Australians Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers both won medals in the women’s high jump at the world championships in Budapest.Patterson and Olyslagers sharing the podium for silver and bronze not only lifted Australia’s overall medal tally at these championships to six – two more than the country has ever won before – it also meant that for the first time in more than 60 years two Australians will shared the podium at a major world athletics event.
Patterson had surgery to insert a plate in her foot in February after cracking a metatarsal bone in an innocuous warm-up drill. She had barely been sighted in competition for the year, so came into this event in the weird position of being both the reigning world champion and a dark horse.
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