Hustopece, Czech Republic – Two-time World champion Blanka Vlasic, her rival Ariane Friedrich and European indoor champion Ivan Ukhov will be headline attractions for next month’s 6th edition of the Moravia High Jump Tour.

Vlasic, also the reigning World champion indoors, will commence her indoor season on 26 January in the eastern Moravian city of Trinec, located near Ostrava, the second of the tour’s two stops. The Croatian is aiming to become the meeting’s first two-metre jumper, gunning for Barbora Lalakova’s 1.97m meet record set in 2008.

Meanwhile Freidrich, the European indoor champion, will headline the first stop in Hustopece for the third consecutive year. The German won last year with a meeting record of 2.00m. This will likely be Friedrich’s second competition of the winter after opening at her regional championships a week before.

Ukhov, also the reigning European indoor champion and a 2.40m jumper last winter, will start as

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