In a close competition, Britain’s Holly Bradshaw pulled off a surprise victory by defeating Olympic champion Ekaterini Stefanidi and Olympic silver medallist Sandi Morris with a series of first-time clearances up to and including 4.76m.
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Holly Bradshaw
Personally I really love street meets. It gets the most out of me and the crowd was amazing tonight. Plus I feel in great shape now. Now I'll go in a similar event in Newcastle, and being in the UK it will also be special.
Sandi Morris
It's a very peculiar place to compete at, people are very close. But I love it! I was feeding of their energy. I'm tired after Rio, there have been so many emotional ups and downs... The atmosphere here helped me a lot. I really wanted to have fun and I did!
Ekaterini Stefanidi
It is really nice to feel the audience right next to you but it's very different from being on a big stadium and it takes a little to get used to it. It felt great to see all those Greek people living here who came to support me.
It is hard to come from a big event. You're mentally tired. I thought neither me nor Sandi were going to win tonight, but still there is no pressure on these occasions and you can test some things. Anyway, I feel I can jump 5 meters, I see it, just things haven't come together yet.
