Kerr earns silver at World Athletics Indoors
- Dave Worsley
- Mar 22
- 2 min read
New Zealand high jumper Hamish Kerr has lost his title at the World Indoor Athletics Championships after collecting silver in Nanjing.
Paris Olympic gold medallist Kerr managed a best clearance of 2.28m to finish three centimetres behind South Korean Wood Sang-hyeok.
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Kerr had three misses at 2.31m, but finished second overall on a countback ahead of three other jumpers who had cleared 2.28m.
Bronze went to Jamaican Raymond Richards.
It was the first global event contested by 28-year-old Kerr since he soared to Olympic gold with a best of 2.36m eight months ago.
Meanwhile Maddi Wesche and debutant Kaia Tupu-South were 15th and 16th in the women's shot put.
It was a disappointing outcome for Olympic silver medallist Wesche, who was eliminated at the end of the third round with a lone recorded throw of 16.52m, having registered fouls in her two other attempts.
Maia Ramsden failed to advance in the women's 1500m, finishing sixth in heat in a time of 4min 14.89s, well short of the top three finish needed to automatically advance.
Laura Nagel was eighth in her heat.
Tiaan Whelpton advanced from the 60m heats to the semi-final but went no further, placing last in the latter race in 6.70s.
Britain's Jeremiah Azu later won the gold medal, edging out Australian Lachlan Kennedy in a photo finish.
Alison Andrews-Paul was fifth in her 800m heat and failed to advance.
