Dhaka, March 24 -- Australia's Nicola Olyslagers outshone Ukraine's Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh to retain her high jump title of World Indoor Athletics Championship in Nanjing on Sunday.

The last time reigning Olympic, world and European indoor/outdoor champion Mahuchikh tasted defeat in the women's high jump was at the 2024 World Indoor Athletics Championsips in Glasgow where she surrendered her title to Olyslagers.

The Ukrainian, the only athlete in the field to have cleared 2.00m or higher this season, never looked comfortable in Nanjing's Cube and Olyslagers and Australian teammate Eleanor Patterson took advantage.

Olyslagers, making her season debut in Nanjing, won with a best of 1.97 metres.

Patterson, the 2022 world ch...