Martyn Bernard leaps to Bronze success in Euro Indoor High Jump

Martyn Bernard jumped to a bronze medal finish at the European Indoor Championships on Sunday

Clearing 2.29m at the third attempt to guarantee a medal, behind Swedish pair Stefan Holm (2.34m) and Linus Thornblad (2.32m), he was just one centimetre short of his personal best of 2.30m which he had achieved in qualifying for the final the previous day.

"I'm delighted. I wanted a medal and I've proved myself," said Bernard.

"Obviously you want to do the best you can and maybe even win. But I hope to improve on today, build on it as best I can.

"I plan to go back to the drawing board a bit now, try to replicate what makes the Swedes successful and train hard at it. I can definitely jump higher."

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