Distin disappointed with World Champs no height

Lamara Distin couldn't hide her deep disappointment as she bowed out of the World Championship high jump competition at the first attempt.

Barely an hour after entering the Japanese capital's National Stadium, Jamaica's sole aspirant in the vertical jumps was on her way out after failing at all three attempts to clear the opening height of 1.83 metres in qualifying.

The four-time national champion, who was fifth in the final at her first global championships in Budapest two years ago, was never truthfully close to clearing a height she would usually clear off of her "short run-up".

Distin, 25, the reigning Commonwealth champion from Birmingham, England in 2022, said she would now call time on a frustrating season and bluntly explained:

"That was trash - I have never no-heighted at a major championship before!"

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