Katarina Johnson-Thompson breaks UK Women's High Jump Record

The Sainsbury’s British Athletics Indoor Championships saw a number of exciting head to heads as British Indoor titles were won, but the biggest highlight of Saturdays performances was undoubtedly a British Women's High Jump record performance by 2013 World Championship fourth placer Katarina Johnson-Thompson.  She simply turned on her high-jumping afterburners as she went on to clear 1.96m to surpass the national record of 1.95m shared by Dianna Davies, Jessica Ennis, Debbi Marti and Susan Moncrieff.
 

Silver-medallist Nisbet not only managed a PB, but her 1.87m clearance marked a Scottish National indoor record for the athlete already bound for the Commonwealth games as part of Team Scotland.

Liverpool Harrier Johnson-Thompson is in sizzling form this year, having already gained several PBs at the Northern Indoor Championships in January and is expected to compete in the pentathlon in Poland and will compete at the Dutch Championships next week in a bid to qualify for the event.  But in Sheffield, Johnson-Thompson - whose previous best in the high jump was 1.89m - eclipsed Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill's high jump best by two centimetres.  "It's a proud moment. I can't believe it," she said.  "I knew I was in good form because I had a good session in Loughborough last week and had a really good high jump session."

See more photos from the event at: Andy Chubb Photography