Engla Nilsson cleared 1.84 metres at best, but it wasn't enough to reach the final. Afterwards, she revealed that the conditions weren't ideal.
"After the 1.80 jump I had some kind of migraine attack, so on the first two jumps at 1.84 I kind of couldn't see where I was going and I felt completely dizzy. So maybe it wasn't the best conditions for jumping high," she told Swedish journalists on site.
“I was completely dizzy”
It's over 30 degrees in Birmingham right now.
"I usually perform well in the heat too. The fact that it happened right now in a climate that I really love to jump in was also really sad," she said.
She cleared 1.84 on her third attempt, but then failed at 1.88.
"The first two jumps I felt almost hopeless. I was completely dizzy when I started the approach," says the 21-year-old.
National team colleague Louise Ekman competed in another qualifying group, but spoke with Nilsson.
I feel so incredibly sorry for her. Then I wonder if 1.84 with a migraine is some kind of world record, because I don't know how many people can jump that height with a migraine. No, super sad. I really suffer with Engla, says Ekman.
“Super satisfied”
Ekman will be the only blue-yellow athlete in Saturday's European Championship final after Ellen Ekholm (who cleared 1.88 at best) also went out in the qualifiers.
She made her championship debut as recently as March at the age of 28 and has now cleared the qualifying height of 1.91 metres, which a total of 15 jumpers did.
I am super happy with today's qualifying and feel that I achieved the goal I had for the day - to jump clear and make it to the final, says Ekman, who has now turned 29.
The Swede came sixth at the Indoor World Championships in March in Poland when she cleared 1.93.
