Holly earns Diamond League best finish

Euxton's Holly Bradshaw produced an IAAF Diamond League best finish of second place at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Sunday.
Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw competes in the Women's Pole Vault during the Muller Grand Prix at the Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday August 20, 2017. See PA story ATHLETICS Birmingham. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior permission, please contact PA Images for further information.Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw competes in the Women's Pole Vault during the Muller Grand Prix at the Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday August 20, 2017. See PA story ATHLETICS Birmingham. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior permission, please contact PA Images for further information.
Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw competes in the Women's Pole Vault during the Muller Grand Prix at the Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday August 20, 2017. See PA story ATHLETICS Birmingham. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior permission, please contact PA Images for further information.

Just over a fortnight after finishing sixth at the IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium, with 4.65m, she recorded a height of 4.61m in Birmingham – her fourt-best height of the season.

She now moves on to the next round, the Weltklasse Zürich meeting in Switzerland on Thursday, before the AG Memorial Van Damme at the King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels on Friday, September 1st.

“Those were tricky conditions, but I’ve finished second in a Diamond League, which I’ve only done once before, so I’m really chuffed.”