Johnson-Thompson clears 1.83m on third attempt to keep heptathlon alive at European Championships

Two-time world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson cleared 1.83m in the heptathlon high jump at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 13 August 2026 — her third and final attempt at that height. In the heptathlon, where every centimetre adds points across seven events, failing to clear a bar caps the possible score. The clearance kept hers building.