Paris Olympics 2024 Athletics: Sarvesh Anil Kushare fails to clear 2.20m mark; eliminated in the qualification round
India's Sarvesh Anil Kushare participated in the men's high jump event at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday, August 7. The event took place at Stade de France, the country's largest stadium holding a capacity of 80,000 spectators.
A total of 32 athletes took part in the competition and were divided into two groups, with Kushare in Group B. The talented athlete cleared the first mark of 2.15m in a comfortable fashion. However, he failed to get past 2.20m thrice and bowed out of the tournament. He came 13th in Group B and finished 25th overall in the event.
Some of Kushare's key achievements have been a silver medal at the Asian Athletics Championship 2022 and a fourth-place finish in the 2022 Asian Games. His personal best of 2.27m came in the 2022 Indian National Championship in Gujarat.
The 29-year-old could not attain an automatic quota to the Paris Olympics after failing to breach the qualification mark of 2.30m. However, he secured a quota on the basis of his 23rd rank in the cutoff list of top 32 high jumpers in the Road to Paris rankings by World Athletics.
The 2024 season has also gone well for the talented athlete until the Paris Games, as he finished first in few competitions, including the National Interstate Athletics Championships 2024 in Panchkula, where he jumped his season best of 2.25m.
Paris Olympics 2024 Athletics: Men’s High Jump Results
Here are the list of top 12 athletes, who have qualified for the final round of the men's high jump event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Notably, Brandon Starc and Ryoichi Akamatsu produced their season best performance of 2.27 and 2.24m, respectively.
1. Shelby McEwen - 2.27m
2. Hamish Kerr- 2.27m
3. Mutaz Barshim- 2.27m
3. WOO Sang-hyeok - 2.27m
5. Ryoichi Akamatsu - 2.27m
6. Stefano Sottile - 2.24m
6. Gianmarco Tamberi- 2.24m
8. Romaine Beckford- 2.24m
9. Brian Raats - 2.24m
9. Jan Stefela - 2.24m
11. Oleh Doroshchuk - 2.24m
12. Tihomir Ivanov- 2.24m
25. Sarvesh Anil Kushare - 2.15m (Eliminated)