Hamish Kerr. Photo: © Photosport Ltd 2025 www.photosport.nz
New Zealand's Olympic champion Hamish Kerr has won the men's high jump at the latest Diamond League event in Morocco.
Kerr and Shelby McEwen plus Jamaica's Romaine Beckford were the only athletes with perfect records through 2.21m.
McEwen couldn't get over 2.25m with his failure clearing the way for Kerr to win.
Marco Fassinotti, Aussie Yual Reath and dual athlete JuVaughn Harrison were the only other athletes to clear 2.25m, but the New Zealander won on countback.
Kerr is now third in the overall standings.
Hamish Kerr. Photo: AFP
"It is always amazing to win a Diamond League and I am very grateful for that," Kerr said.
"I am also very happy with how my technique and season is progressing. There is still a lot more to come but for now where we are today is very good.
"Since Doha it was all about building speed, my first couple of competitions are always quite slow, I come off early heavy strength work and that's why.
"This week we were really building on that confidence through my run-up and making sure that I was building speed. It was nice because I was able to do it and now I am just getting a bit more impatient with my take off. I guess you fix one thing and something else breaks so I need to work on that.
"Rome is next, I have ten more days to work on that speed. Then I go home for a few weeks to move house before coming back to Monaco," Kerr said.
Tom Walsh. Photo: AFP
New Zealand's Tom Walsh was sixth in the men's shot put, with his best throw 21.41m. American Payton Otterdahl won ahead of Jamaican Rajindra Campbell and American Joe Kovacs.
In the women's pole vault, Imogen Ayris was fourth with fellow New Zealander Olivia McTaggart ninth.
New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs was fifth in the women's 100m final, which was won by Jamaica's Shericka Jackson.
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