Lake striving for the ultimate high

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- Matt Wright of Sportsbeat.

MORGAN Lake insists breaking the British high jump record has not changed her mindset heading into the World Athletics Championships

The 28-year-old became the first British woman to clear two metres when she achieved a new personal best at the Diamond League final in Zurich at the end of August.

She came third in Switzerland and a repeat of that showing in Tokyo would put the Loughborough University alumna well in contention for her first medal at a global event.

Lake's best performance to date was when she finished fourth at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest and the 10-time British champion heads to Japan off the back off her strongest year yet.

Lake said: “I wouldn’t really say it [clearing two metres] has changed my confidence at all, but I think I have been a lot more confident this year because I know it’s there.