(Reuters) - Croatia's double high jump world champion and Olympic medallist Blanka Vlasic announced her retirement on Friday after a prolonged battle with injuries. Vlasic made her Olympic debut as a ...

Former high jump world champion Blanka Vlasic said on her website Saturday that she will not participate in the London Games because of injury problems, Reuters reported. The 28-year old Croatian was ...

BENGALURU: High jump legend Blanka Vlasic, former World champion and two-time Olympic medallist from Croatia, said every youngster should be involved in sport so that a few of them can be spotted by ...

(FILES) A picture taken on August 27, 2010 shows Croatia's Blanka Vlasic celebrating after jumping over 2m during the women's high jump competition at the Memorial Ivo Van Damme - Diamond League ...

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Russian Anna Chicherova clinched the women's high jump gold medal on a countback from Blanka Vlasic on Saturday to end the Croatian's four-year reign as world champion.

ZAGREB — Croatia’s double high jump world champion Blanka Vlasic, absent from competition since September 2011 with a foot injury, said Friday she had delayed her return. Vlasic, who was forced to ...

The International Olympic Committee’s new policy, which mandates that eligibility for any female category is limited to biological females, has sparked debate. Eligibility for the female category for ...

ZAGREB — Croatia’s double high jump world champion Blanka Vlasic said Thursday she was to return to competition after injury at next month’s Diamond League meeting in New York. “It will be like ...