Dresden, Germany - It could hardly have been a better start into the year for one of Germany’s major hopes for the World Championships in Berlin: In front of his home crowd Raúl Spank took the High Jump at the Dresden Meeting on Friday evening with a fine jump over 2.30m.

1620 spectators in Dresden’s indoor arena celebrated their local hero, who had taken fifth place at the Olympic Games in Beijing last year, having entered the competition as an unknown. Spank tied Stefan Holm’s

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