Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers has shot to the top of the 2023 world rankings with a commanding victory at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.
The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist cleared 2.01m in Turku on Tuesday evening (early Wednesday AEST) - just one centimetre shy of her personal best.
It also equalled the 2023 world lead set last month by her great Ukrainian rival Yaroslva Mahuchikh and bodes well for Olyslagers' gold-medal prospects at the world championships in Budapest in August.
"I was so glad with that third attempt to get over two metres, it’s an amazing feeling to be back in the form I was in a couple of years ago," said Olyslagers.
"I’m hoping, with this momentum, I’ve got 2.03m in me.
"It feels scary when you look at it but I’m learning to trust that what I have inside me is enough to get over it.
"I know my technique is still not the best as it’s early in the season, but I know when I compete with Yaroslava, the two of us can push each other to both get PBs this year."
Britain's Morgan Lake (1.97m) was second.
It continues a flying start to the European summer campaign for the 26-year-old Olyslagers, who also won gold at last Friday's Diamond League meet in Paris.
Fellow Australian Sarah Carli smashed her personal best by clocking 54.66 seconds to finish second in the 400m hurdles in Turku, bettering the world championships qualification mark in the process.
It moved Carli up to third spot on the national all-time list behind only 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medallist Debbie Flintoff-King and dual world champion Jana Pittman.
Two-time Commonwealth gold medallist Kurtis Marschall (5.71m) was second behind American KC Lightfoot (5.90m) in the men's pole vault at the Paavo Nurmi Games.
Rohan Browning (10.18) crossed the line fourth in the men's 100m final won by American Cravont Charleston in 9.95.
