Besides Renaud Lavillenie, the Frenchman who broke the World Pole Vault Record of the legendary Sergey Bubka this winter (6.16m), the world’s best High Jumpers have now signed up to compete in Brussels.
A true High Jump Clash is expected between reigning Olympic Champion Ivan Ukhov and reigning World Champion Bogdan Bondarenko. Considering what they have shown in the past years and months insiders believe that one of the oldest World Records in Athletics (Javier Sotomayor from Cuba, 2.45m in 1993) is really in danger this year.
Ivan Ukhov from Russia has already a strong performance record since he became the World Junior Champion and World Junior Record holder in 2005. He succeeded to become the 2012 Olympic Champion in London. At his first competition this year in Doha Ukhov managed to jump 2.41m !
Bogdan Bondarenko from the Ukraine is also a former World Junior Champion (2008). In 2013 Bondarenko in no less than 10 competitions crossed bars of 2.30m and higher. He also became the World High Jump Champion in a breathtaking competition in Moscow. The leading American magazine USA Track and Field even honored Bondarenko as the “Athlete of the Year 2013” ahead of … Usain Bolt !
Biography Ivan Ukhov
Russia, 28 years, 1.93m tall
2005 World Junior Champion
2009 and 2011 European Indoor Champion
2010 World Indoor Champion
2012 Olympic Champion
2014 World Indoor silver medalist
Personal Best of 2.41m (indoor 2.42m)
Biography Bogdan Bondarenko
Ukraine, 24 years, 1.95m tall
2008 World Junior Champion
2013 World Champion
2013 USA Track and Field “Athlete of the Year”
Personal Best 2.41m
