Word: gyorffyã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Friday evening’s preliminaries, Gyorffy qualified for the final by the slimmest of margins. After failing in three attempts at 1.91 meters, Gyorffy??€™s qualification hopes rested on whether fewer than 12 athletes would clear at 1.91 and reach the final. Fortunately for her only 10 did, and since she had been flawless at 1.80, 1.85 and 1.88 meters, she earned one of the remaining two spots in the final. Yelena Yelesina, the high jump gold medalist in Sydney, also cleared at 1.88 meters, but she did not qualify for the final because she needed...
...Although Gyorffy??€™s chances of victory looked solid based on the performance list, she had yet to jump better than 1.95 meters in any meet where she had faced strong competition, and she jumped no better than 1.90 meters on average. The best jumps of her season—a 1.96-meter clearance at Princeton and the record-breaking height at Hungarian Nationals—all came against fields where the next-best competitor failed to clear even 1.80 meters...
...Sydney Olympian Gyorffy had a different set of goals going into her NCAA competition on Saturday. Although Gyorffy, like Taylor, had never won an NCAA Outdoor title, she was the heavy favorite going into the meet. No one else in the nation had cleared 1.90 meters, while Gyorffy??€™s personal best of 1.96 meters was the fourth-best jump in the world this year...
Haggerty said that the weather limited Gyorffy??€™s performance on Saturday...
...Gyorffy??€™s victory gave the Crimson an unprecedented double victory in the Indoor and Outdoor high jump by two different athletes. Sophomore Kart Siilats won the NCAA Indoor high jump title in March...