HE may have set a native record of 2.22m in the high jump a fortnight ago at the Scottish Universities and Colleges Championships, but clearly that wasn't good enough for Allan Smith.
HE may have set a native record of 2.22m in the high jump a fortnight ago at the Scottish Universities and Colleges Championships, but clearly that wasn't good enough for Allan Smith.
Allan Smith jumping at the Emirates Arena Photograph: Stewart Attwood
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Susan Swarbrick
Yesterday saw him better that with another record, this time of 2.23m at the British Athletics International Match in Glasgow.
He finished fourth overall in a world class high jump field which included eventual winner Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS) and Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz (GBR), who took second.
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