PARIS日本乱伦, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hamish Kerr secured New Zealand's first athletics gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the men's high jump final on Saturday.
Kerr beat American Shelby McEwen in a jump-off after both cleared 2.36 meters at Stade de France. Qatar's Mutaz Barshim claimed the bronze medal.
"I was just in shock," Kerr said. "We were getting a little bit tired after all the jumps we took. I knew I had a good one in me, and I knew that if I could get it up sooner rather than later, then I could just finish the comp and start recovering.
"If anything, I'm more fatigued from running on to the field than I am from the actual jumping, but I was so just happy that I'd won."
The 27-year-old said he felt confident of victory after agreeing not to share the gold with McEwen.
"High jump's always a roller coaster, there's always guys who will miss and then clear, and then miss," he said.
性爱之后"The big thing that we've been working on personally日本乱伦, and me and my team, is it's not over until it's over. In the past, I probably got into the habit of watching those guys a little bit, whereas now I wouldn't even know what's going on, I just focus on myself." ■