World Champs previews: jumps – AW

From Mondo Duplantis and Katie Moon to Yulimar Rojas and Miltiadis Tentoglou, the jumps in Budapest will probably be full of world-class expertise

Will we see any world information through the 2023 World Championships? If that’s the case, they may come within the jumps the place athletes like pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and triple jumper Yulimar Rojas are in motion.

Look out for some nice duels, too, such because the match-ups within the males’s and girls’s excessive jumps, plus the lengthy soar competitions.

Males’s excessive soar

Championship document: Bogdan Bondarenko UKR 2.41m, 2013
Historical past maker: Javier Sotomayor CUB/Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT: Three golds, one silver
Defending champion: Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.37m
Olympic champion: Gianmarco Tamberi ITA/Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.37m

Ones to observe

Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.36m 

The joint Olympic winner goes for a document fourth world title and tops the world rankings this yr. He’s cementing his place because the world’s biggest ever excessive soar competitor.

Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 2.34m

The European and joint Tokyo champion was solely fourth in Eugene and goes in to his fifth out of doors world championships and not using a single world medal thus far.

Woo Sang-Hyeok KOR (2.33m/2.36i)

The Korean world indoor champion completed second in Eugene and must be among the many main contenders once more.

Hamish Kerr NZL (2.30m/2.34i)

Gained a world indoor bronze final yr and was once more in good indoor kind in 2023 setting an space document and this summer time has had wins in Stockholm and Essen.

Rising drive: JuVaughn Harrison USA (2.33m)

The versatile jumper (he completed prime seven within the lengthy and excessive jumps on the Tokyo Olympics) has been in good kind, profitable the Diamond Leagues in Doha, Florence, London and the US Championships.

British Problem

Solely 9 athletes worldwide gained the two.32m commonplace and British champion Joel Clarke-Khan received closest with 2.27m however UKA declined the invite.

AW Prediction: 1 Barshim QAT 2.37m; 2 Harrison USA 2.35m; 3 Woo Sang-Hyeok KOR 2.35m; 4 Tamberi ITA 2.35m; 5 Kerr NZL 2,31m; 6 Potye GER 2.31m; 7 Protsenko UKR 2.31m; 8 Starc AUS 2.29m

Mutaz Essa Barshim (Getty)

Ladies’s excessive soar

Championship document: Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2.09m, 1987
Historical past maker: Mariya Lasitskene ANA: Three golds
Defending champion: Eleanor Patterson AUS 2.02m
Olympic champion: Mariya Lasitskene ANA 2.04m

Ones to observe

Nicola Olyslagers AUS (2.02m)

The Olympic silver medallist was fifth in Eugene final yr however is again to her finest, setting the world lead and profitable in Paris, Lausanne and Monaco.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR (2.02i/2.01m)

Probably the most constant jumper, who continues to be solely 21, has completed prime three within the final three international championships. Has not been fairly on the prime of her recreation thus far this yr.

Iryna Herashchenko UKR (2.00m)

Fourth in Tokyo and Eugene and once more constant in 2023 with seconds at Rabat, Lausanne and Monaco and first in Chorzow and a 2.00m vault.

Eleanor Patterson AUS (1.96m)

The shock champion in Eugene backed up that win with Commonwealth and world indoor silvers. Has competed sparingly this yr.

Rising drive: Angelina Matter SRB (1.97m)

The daughter of former European champion Dragutin was third in Munich final yr on the age of 17 whereas the spotlight of her yr has been a Serbian senior record-breaking leap in Paris in addition to profitable European junior gold.

British Problem 

British champion Morgan Lake has been in good kind in 2023 with 1.97m at Turku and a British indoor document of 1.99m which is the type of top that will probably be near a medal.

AW Prediction: 1 Mahuchikh UKR 2.03m; 2 Olyslagers AUS 2.03m; 3 Patterson AUS 2.00m; 4 Herashchenko UKR 2.00m; 5 Cunningham USA 2.00m; 6 Matter SRB 1.97m; 7 Distin JAM 1.97m; 8 Lake GBR 1.97m

Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Getty)

Males’s pole vault

Championship document: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.21m, 2022
Historical past maker: Sergey Bubka UKR: Six golds
Defending champion: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.21m
Olympic champion: Mondo Duplantis SWE 6.02m

Ones to observe

Mondo Duplantis SWE (6.12m/6.22mi) 

The a number of international champion has not been in his highest kind outdoor this summer time however will nonetheless be one of many greatest favourites at any occasion in Hungary.

Ernest Obiena PHI (6.00m)

Set an Asian document as he joined the 6.00m membership in Bergen and has likelihood of repeating his Eugene bronze.

Chris Nilsen USA (5.92m)

With KC Lightfoot and Sam Kendricks solely equal fourth within the trials, the diluted US problem will probably be led by the Tokyo and Eugene runner-up who’s in constant kind and beat Duplantis in Monaco. Kendricks is entered as a reserve.

Sondre Guttormsen NOR (6.00i/5.90m)

Within the winter received his first 6.00m vault and received the European indoor title in Istanbul however has struggled for kind outdoor after begin to the season and has not jumped greater than 5.71m since Might.

Rising drive: Kyle Rademeyer RSA (5.82m)

Too early to make a significant impression, however the NCAA champion has added 27cm to his out of doors finest this summer time.

British Problem

The previous world under-18 champion Harry Coppell was seventh within the Olympics however has not competed since January.

AW Prediction: 1 Duplantis SWE 6.20m; 2 Nilsen USA 5.95m; 3 Obiena PHI 5.95m; 4 Marschall AUS 5.85m; 5 Vloon NED 5.80m; 6 Guttormsen NOR 5.80m; 7 Bradford USA 5.80m; 8 Lillefosse NOR 5.80m

Mondo Duplantis (Getty)

Ladies’s pole vault

Championship document: Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 5.01m, 2005
Historical past maker: Isinbayeva: Three golds, one bronze
Defending champion: Katie Moon USA 4.85m
Olympic champion: Katie Moon USA 4.90m

Ones to observe

Katie Moon USA (4.90m)

The Olympic and defending world champion will begin as a slim favorite after producing a world lead in profitable the USA title, plus victories in Doha, Florence and Lausanne.

Wilma Murto FIN (4.80m)

Made an enormous advance to change into European champion final summer time with a Finnish document of 4.85m. She carried on that good kind in 2023, profitable the European indoor title after which defeating Moon in London.

Nina Kennedy AUS (4.77m)

The Commonwealth champion was additionally third in Eugene final yr and has proven good kind this season, too, profitable in Paris.

Sandi Morris USA (4.71m)

The double world indoor champion was second within the final three World Championships and the 2016 Olympics however has been in modest kind in 2023 with nothing greater than 4.61m since early Might.

Rising drive: Eliza McCartney NZL (4.75m)

An Olympic bronze medallist as a teen in 2016, missed all of the championships from 2019 to 2022 however is now again in good kind with stable vaults all year long.

British Problem 

The a lot improved Molly Caudery (4.71m to win the British title) is equal eighth on 2023 out of doors marks so a closing place is feasible. Olympic bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw is getting back from harm issues with a comparatively modest 4.61m finest this yr.

AW Prediction: 1 Moon USA 4.95m; 2 Murto (FIN) 4.85m; 3 McCartney (NZL) 4.85m; 4 Kennedy AUS 4.75m; 5 Sutej SLO 4.75m;  6 Newman CAN 4.75m; 7 Morris USA 4.70m; 8 Williams USA 4.70m

Katie Moon (née Nageotte) (Mark Shearman)

Males’s lengthy soar

Championship document: Mike Powell USA 8.95m, 1991
Historical past maker: Dwight Phillips USA: 5 golds
Defending champion: Wang Jianan CHN 8.36m
Olympic champion: Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE 8.41m

Ones to observe

Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE (8.36m) 

The Olympic champion surprisingly misplaced in Eugene however can also be the reigning world indoor champion, in addition to European champion indoors and out. He appears comfy across the 8.30m vary which ought to assure him one other medal.

Marquis Dendy USA (8.34m)

A 3-time world indoor medallist is just not so efficient outdoor and will probably be eager to enhance on his sixth place in Eugene.

Simon Ehammer SUI (8.32m)

The European decathlon silver medallist gained a shock bronze in Eugene and an enormous win in Oslo this summer time confirmed he will probably be within the medal battle once more.

Tajay Gayle JAM (8.27m)

Not anyplace close to his Jamaican document type of 8.69m when profitable in Doha however a 8.27m in ending second in Jamaican Championships, reveals a medal is feasible.

Wang Jianan CHN (8.26m)

Shock world champion in Eugene got here seven years after he received a bronze medal. He’s solely ranked eleventh on the entry record and never been at his finest in 2023.

Rising drive: Mattia Furlani ITA (8.44w/8.24m)

Simply 18 years previous, he received in Hengelo with an Italian under-20 document and likewise had an enormous soar in Savona which was solely marginally over the bounds. Narrowly received European under-20 title with an 8.23m championship document.

British Problem

Nationwide champion Jacob Fincham-Dukes is simply exterior the world rankings quota and Britain could have no contributors.

AW prediction: 1 Tentoglou GRE 8.45m; 2 Dendy USA 8.33m; 3 Ehammer SUI 8.29m; 4 Aldrin IND 8.27m; 5 Pinnock JAM 8.26m; 6 Gayle JAM 8.24m; 8 Furlani ITA 8.23m

Miltiadis Tentoglou (Getty)

Ladies’s lengthy soar

Championship document: Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 7.36m, 1987
Historical past maker: Brittney Reese USA: 4 golds
Defending champion: Malaika Mihambo GER 7.12m
Olympic champion: Malaika Mihambo GER 7.00m

Ones to observe

Ackelia Smith JAM (7.08m)

Final yr’s Eugene finalist has stepped up just a few ranges due to a world main soar which improved her finest over half a metre. She has additionally landed the NCAA title.

Tara Davis-Woodhall USA (7.07m) 

The previous world youth champion has but to compete in a senior world championships however the absence of defending champion Malaika Mihambo via harm presents an enormous alternative.

Ivana Vuleta SRB (6.86m)

The double world indoor and three-time European Indoor champion has had her finest moments indoors however she did take the European title outdoor final summer time after ending seventh in Eugene and has received three out of doors international medals.

Rising drive: Larissa Iapichino ITA (6.97mi/6.95m)

The European under-23 champion, who’s the daughter of former world champion Fiona Might, was second within the European Indoor Champs with a nationwide document 6.97m and had an enormous win outdoor in Monaco.

British Problem 

The European indoor champion Jazmin Sawyers (6.84m this summer time) is assured of blending with the perfect. Double world indoor medallist Lorraine Ugen did get a World Athletics invite together with Lucy Hadaway however they had been turned down.

AW Prediction: 1 Davis-Woodhall USA 6.98m; 2 Iapichino ITA 6.96m; 3 Smith JAM 6.93m; 4 Burks USA 6.89m; 5 Vuleta 6.88m; 6 Sawyers GBR 6.84m; 7 Moore USA 6.83m; 8 Hata JPN 6.82m

Larissa Iapichino (Diamond League AG)

Males’s triple soar

Championship document: Jonathan Edwards GBR 18.29m, 1995
Historical past maker: Christian Taylor USA: 4 golds
Defending champion: Pedro Pablo Pichardo POR 17.95m
Olympic champion: Pedro Pablo Pichardo POR 17.98m

Ones to observe

Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR (17.81m)

A medallist within the final three international championships and his extremely consistency this yr also needs to end in one other podium end. He received at Monaco with a final spherical 17.70m leap.

Pedro Pablo Pichardo POR (17.91w/17.60i)

Has not competed since Might however the reigning Olympic and world champion’s aggressive edge makes him laborious to beat if he competes.

Lazaro Martinez CUB (17.51m)

The previous world youth and junior champion lastly fulfilled his potential as a senior together with his world indoor gold and in good kind in 2023 with a Central American Video games win.

Rising drive: Jaydon Hibbert JAM (17.87m)

The 18-year-old world junior champion produced a world lead on the SEC Championships and adopted it up with huge wins on the NCAA and Jamaican Championships. Narrowly crushed in his Diamond League debut by Zango at Monaco.

British Problem

There will probably be no Britons on this occasion.

AW Prediction:  1 Zango (BUR) 17.65m; 2 Hibbert JAM 17.60m; 3 Pichardo POR 17.58m; 4 Martinez CUB 17.55m; 5 Chithravel IND 17.48m; 6 Napoles CUB 17.33m; 7 Triki ALG 17.30m; 8 Yaming Zhu CHN 17.27m

Pedro Pichardo (Getty)

Ladies’s triple soar

Championship document: Inessa Kravets UKR 15.50m, 1995
Historical past maker: Yulimar Rojas VEN: Three golds
Defending champion: Yulimar Rojas VEN 15.47m
Olympic champion: Yulimar Rojas VEN 15.67m

Ones to observe

Yulimar Rojas VEN (15.18m) 

Gained the Olympic title with a world document of 15.67m and jumped even additional in profitable the world indoor title in Belgrade (15.74m). The Eugene gold medallist has not misplaced for over two years, a document which appears prone to be prolonged in Hungary.

Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk UKR (14.75m)

Solely eleventh in Eugene, the 2019 lengthy soar silver medallist has large potential at this occasion, as confirmed by her European Championships win with a leap over 15 metres.

Shanieka Ricketts JAM (14.79w/14.56m)

The Commonwealth champion has completed second on the previous two World Championships and jumped between 14.84m and 14.94m for 4 successive main occasions.

Tori Franklin (USA) (14.44)

Picked up an surprising bronze in Eugene and leads a powerful American trio after profitable the US title.

Yulimar Rojas (Getty)

Rising drive: Leyanis Perez CUB (14.98m)

Fourth in Eugene on the age of 20, she has improved significantly in 2023 and has edged ever nearer to fifteen metres.

British Problem 

Naomi Metzger was properly throughout the world rankings quota however has not competed outdoor in 2023 and there will probably be no British illustration.

AW Prediction: 1 Rojas VEN 15.70m; 2 Perez CUB 14.91m; 3 Bekh-Romanchuk UKR 14.85m; 4 Ricketts JAM 14.75m; 5 Povea CUB 14.68m; 6 Franklin USA 14.65m; 7 Moore USA 14.58m; 8 Taylor BAH 14.51m

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