Russia's Silnov wins high jump gold

Russia's Andrey Silnov won the gold medal in the men's high jump today, with a jump of 2.36 metres - enough to give him the title. Britain's Germaine Mason took silver medal, his country's first athletics medal at Beijing, and Russia's Yaroslav Rybakov took bronze. Sweden's Stefan Holm, the gold medal winner in Athens, finished fourth after failing to clear better than 2.32. European champion Silnov opted to continue jumping, with a possible eye on the world record of 2.45 metres, but failed in his three attempts to clear 2.42. * Reuters