Stuttgart - German high-jumper Ariane Friedrich has set her sights on the London 2012 Olympics after an Achilles tendon

rupture will sideline her for the next season....

André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter

THE YEAR 2010 has been a big one for national high jump record-holder Sheree Francis and the former Vere Technical High school student is focused on making it a major springboard.
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Sports Scope

By Fred Sturrup...

While making the rounds at prestigious high
school track and field meets two years ago, rivals of Cliff Rovelto
approached the Kansas State coach all but conceding their chances of
signing one of the nation's premier high jumpers....

Gothenburg, Sweden - It may not have been an official competition, but
the stakes were certainly high with bragging rights on the line for
Swedish Hogh Jump legends Stefan Holm and Patrik Sjöberg.And it
was Holm, the 2004 Olympic champion with ...

By Chet Gardner, Utah State Athletic Media Relations

When referring to the sport of high jumping, the phrase `The sky
is the limit' is a natural saying, and something that is literally the
...

The 15th annual Brno High Jump competition yesterday saw wins by  Aleksey Dmitrik with 2.31 and by Ruth Beitia at 1.98. 

Ruth Beitia leaped a season-best 1.98 to win the women’s
competition. The silver medallist from last year’...

Andriy Silnov, the reigning Olympic and European High Jump
champion, is set to return to competition after the Russian star missed
nearly the whole of last year due to an Achilles injury. "I am going to compete at the Russian Winter indoor meeting o...

Hustopece, Czech Republic – European indoor High Jump champion Ivan
Ukhov opened his 2010 season in style with a 2.37m clearance to
highlight the first leg of the 6th Moravian High Jump Tour in Hustopece
on Saturday (23).It was a one-man show ...

Finland’s 30-year-old Osku Torro took a surprise High Jump victory
indoors in Wuppertal, Germany, setting a world season lead with a 2.32m
performance which not only added 5 centimetres to his outright personal
best (2.27 outdoors, 2007 / 2.26...