Two country kids on the world stage: Olyslagers and Patterson light up Paris's night of nights | Jack Snape

The Australian high jumpers come from similar backgrounds but have taken different paths to sharing a podium at the 2024 Olympic Games On the Paris Games' night of nights, there they are: two women in green and gold, front and centre of the athletics world's biggest show. In front of 70,000 at the Stade de France, hundreds of millions on television, sharing the stage with the titans of athletics, of sprinter Noah Lyles and his 100m rivals. And, of course, high jump world record holder Yaroslava ...