Overview
- Sarvesh Kushare became the first Indian high jumper to qualify for a World Championships final.
- He cleared 2.28m on his third attempt to set a personal best, improving on his 2022 mark of 2.27m.
- He finished sixth in Tokyo as New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr won gold at 2.36m, with Sanghyeok Woo and Jan Stefela completing the podium.
- Kushare trains at the Army Sports Institute in Pune under coach Justin Thomas, whose technical tweaks to his run-up and arm action aided incremental gains.
- He began training on makeshift pits of corn husks and old clothes in Devargaon and has urged greater international competition opportunities for Indian jumpers.