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Ian Chadband

Aussie high jump medallists beaten in Olympic rematch

Australia's high jump stars Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have again been left with the minor podium placings as their Olympic Games conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh again proved too strong in their Lausanne rematch.

Three weeks after consigning the duo to silver and bronze in the Paris Games - the first time Australia had two medallists in the same field event - world record holder Mahuchikh cleared 1.99 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Switzerland on Thursday to underline her dominance.

Unlike the Stade de France battle, though, this time it was 2022 world champ Patterson, the joint-bronze medallist in Paris, who grabbed the silver with her 1.96m clearance.

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