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Above, the high jump podium (from left) Croatia's Blanka Vlasic, gold, Russia's Anna Chicherova, bronze, and Italy's Antonietta Di Martino, silver. Below, Blanka repeated in Stuttgart on September 22, 2007. Please click either picture for more Osaka high jump photos. In the new window, either click on the slideshow button on the right or on any picture for the full size image.

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