Our promising champion Muammar Barshim continued his progress and improvement, taking part in the Sweden international meeting and setting a new personal best of 2.28m, up from his 2013 mark of 2.20m, confirming the rise in his technical and physical level.
He is following in the footsteps of his older brother, world champion Mutaz Barshim, in the world of high jumping. For his part, the champion’s Swedish coach Pavel Stanek praised the major technical progress and high spirit shown recently by promising jumper Muammar during his European training camp, confirming that he approached his attempts with great focus, enthusiasm and perseverance to achieve the new personal best, and was in fact close to clearing the bar at 2.30m. He added that young jumper Barshim has the talent and the technical and physical ability that will allow him in future to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim, winner of numerous world titles and honours.
Barshim on the right track
For his part, world-class coach Stanislav Stnaly, head jumps coach, highlighted the achievement of our promising young champion Barshim in setting a new personal best of 2.28m, noting that he is progressing steadily towards breaking his own marks and improving his technical ability in preparation for upcoming events, and called on him to give more effort and dedication to achieve the best results and follow in the footsteps of his older brother, world champion Mutaz Barshim, wishing him success in his upcoming appearances.
