WORCESTER Athletic Club’s Joel Khan shone in the high jump at the European Youth Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, in hot conditions of 35 degrees.
The teenager jumped 2.08 metres in the qualifying round with first-time clearances at 1.95m, 2m and 2.04m, which was enough to secure his place in the final.
Khan then jumped 2.07m and narrowly missed at the personal best height of 2.11m, finishing in eighth place out of 13 finalists.
The Tudor Grange Academy pupil was one of the youngest in the competition at 16 years old.
Only five boys cleared 2.11m and the competition was won by the German Lukas Mihota with a European lead jump this year of 2.18m.
Khan enjoyed every aspect of being with the Great Britain team and received special mention from the team leader at the end of the trip as the athlete who had gained the most from the whole experience.
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