Diamond League

Croatia's high jumper Vlasic comes 3rd at Paris meet

07.07.2013 u 14:05

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Croatian high jump champion Blanka Vlasic came third at a Diamond League meeting in Paris on Saturday by clearing 198 cm.

Anna Chicherova was first, jumping 201 cm, while Brigetta Barrett of the United States was second with 198 cm.

This was Vlasic's tenth appearance in Paris, where she has won five times. She scored the best results in 2007 and 2010 by clearing 202 cm.

Paris was her fourth Diamond League meeting this season. She was first in New York, clearing 194 cm, third in Rome (195 cm) and fifth in Oslo (190 cm). Her season best this year was in Buhl, where she cleared 200 cm.