High flying Ballarat high jumper Yual Reath has powered his way into the final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
He jumped a season best of 2.25m to qualify for what will be his first final, tomorrow night at 9.35pm AEST.
Reath says he’s still a little rusty but is eyeing off a 2.30m jump.
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Meantime, Ballarat sprinter Cooper Sherman has produced a solid performance at his first World Athletics Championships.
He ran the 400 metre individual in a time of 45.53 whish was just shy of his PB, coming 7th.
Next up for ‘The Sherminator’, hopefully a run with the 4x400m relay team on Saturday.
