Despite improving his lifetime best to 6.06m this season, a height only three others have ever cleared, defending champion Sam Kendricks has his work cut out for him in an event that will be among the key highlights at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019.
That was hardly a one-off for Kendricks, who has also scaled 5.95m and 6.00m this season while collecting victories in 11 of his 16 outdoor competitions. The 27-year-old has remained stunningly consistent in recent years, a stretch that includes an undefeated record indoors and out in 2017.
