Meloni wins UdinJump after high-jump tie-break

Eugenio Meloni won the men’s high jump at UdinJump Development after a tie-break against defending winner Tihomir Ivanov. Both cleared 2.16 and failed at 2.20, before Meloni secured the deciding jump-off clearance at 2.18.

The World Indoor Tour Bronze meeting in Udine placed Elijah Kosiba third on countback at 2.16. Gianmarco Tamberi attended as an event ambassador, supporting the meeting created by the late Alessandro Talotti without competing himself.

Charity Hufnagel won the women’s event with an unbeaten progression through 1.92. Hungary’s Lilianna Batori cleared the same height but had one failure, and Sweden’s Louise Ekman finished third at 1.89. Italy’s Idea Pieroni placed fifth with 1.82, ahead of Giulia De Marchi.