The men’s and women’s High Jump competitions provided major surprises at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Not only did Tia Hellebaut beat Blanca Vlasic but would have thought of Britain’s Germaine Mason taking silver? And who had heard of Raúl Spank, the German who took fifth place, before the Beijing Games? This was the best placing in an Olympic High Jump final for Germany since Dietmar Mögenburg’s gold 24 years ago! Back in 1984 Raúl Spank wasn’t even born. And to make it more dramatic the 20-year-old youngster had not jumped higher than 2.24m read more at http://iaaf.org/WCH09/news/kind=100/newsid=48569.html