Nicola Olyslagers beats rain delays to win high jump gold for Australia

Olyslagers wins Australias first gold of Tokyo 2025Matt Denny misses out on medal in mens discusNicola Olyslagers overcame two rain delays to deliver Australias first gold medal of the world championships on the final evening, being first to clear 2m to win on a countback over Polands Maria Zodzik and cement her place at the summit of high jump.But on an extraordinary and at times farcical evening in Tokyo, the mens discus was stopped due to the incessant rain that left the circle slippery, and ...