Overview

• He qualified ninth from the heats after clearing 2.16m and 2.21m on second attempts before making 2.25m.
• The men’s high jump final will feature 13 athletes at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Tuesday, September 16.
• Tokyo Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi did not advance after three failures at 2.21m.
• Kushare said he believed he would qualify and pledged to give his best in the final, speaking to journalist Sundeep Misra.
• The 30-year-old from Deogaon trained with improvised equipment before joining the Indian Army in 2016, and he enters the final with a 2.27m personal best and two 2.26m clearances this season.