There will be an interesting dual in high jump between Uzbekistan’s defending Asian Games champion Svetlana Radzivil (1.96m) and last year’s Asian championship gold medalist Nadezhda Dusanova (1.94m) in Incheon. Also in the fray are Asian record-holder Marina Aitova (1.99m) of Kazakhstan and Guangzhou silver medalist Zheng Xingjuan (1.95m PB in 2009) from China. There are four other jumpers with 1.91m and above personal bests also competing here to make the contest a memorable one.
Chinese are clear favourites in pole vault. Li Ling showed tremendous improvement after her silver medal in Guangzhou 2010 to Asian champion at Pune last year. To cap it all she conquered the Continental Cup title in Marrakech just two weeks ago. The Asian record-holder (4.65m in 2013) is going to Incheon with a season leading 4.61m. Her compatriot Xu Huiqin is 21 cm behind, thus allowing Li a clear advantage for the highest place on the podium.
