BEIJING (Reuters) - Home favourite Guowei Zhang sailed into the high jump final at the world athletics championship on Friday with a confident clearance of 2.31 metres, while American Ashton Eaton predictably took charge of the decathlon.
Zhang, the world number two, cleared four jumps at the first attempt and then the automatic qualifying height for Sunday's final to finish joint-top with Canadian Derek Drouin on the seventh morning of action in China.
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