Athlone International athletics meet hosts night of stars

Mutaz Essa Barshim was the star of an electric night of athletics at the Athlone International clearing a world leading 2.41m and a couple of narrow failures at the world record.

There was disappointment at the start of the meet when Asafa Powell pulled his quad muscle in the warm-up and was unable to run the men’s 60m as a result.

Ultimately it was all about the Qatari high jumper who wowed the crowd from the get go. His warm-up was a sign of things to come as he scissor kicked two meters before going on to clear his opening heights with ease.