Mississippi
Mississippi Native Shelby McEwen Takes Home Silver in the Olympic High Jump
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) – Shelby McEwen will be taking home the silver medal from the Olympic High Jump in Paris at this year’s 2024 Summer Games.
The silver medal came after a jump-off between New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr.
The two could not clear 2.38 meters so they lowered the bar. the bar was lowered to 2.36 meters and still neither cleared the crossbar. Finally, it was lowered to 3.34. McEwen went first and missed, but Kerr was able to clear it, taking home the gold.
The American High Jumper was on the Track and Field team at the University of Alabama and is a Mississippi native, from Abbeville. This will add another medal to the United States count making it 119.
Congratulations to Shelby on this amazing accomplishment.
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