
KUALA LUMPUR: National high jumper Nauraj Singh bagged the gold medal in the CAS International Meeting held at the Stade Jean-Jacoby in Schifflange, Luxembourg today.
The 29-year-old Johorean, who is currently based in Germany, took the gold after a leap of 2.18m.
However, the Olympian, whose personal best of 2.30m is also the national record, failed in his final attempt for 2.21m.
Dutchman Douwe Amels and Iranian Keyvan Ghanbarzadeh, who also only managed to clear 2.18m, took the silver and bronze medals respectively based on countback, according to World Athletics.
Nauraj cleared 2.18m in his first attempt while Amels and Ghanbarzadeh only managed to clear the height in their second and third attempts respectively.