In addition, keep an eye on Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim (2.35m), the World junior champion who'll have certainly been inspired by the youth brigade bringing home gold.

These jumpers had shared the Diamond League circuit wins. Williams won in Doha and finished third in Prefontaine, where he jumped the same height as first and second.

More recently, Ukhov won in Stockholm with a 2.34m clearance, beating Williams (2.32m) and Barshim and Shustov (both at 2.30m).

On heights cleared alone, Thursday's battle for the gold should be between Williams, Dmitrik and Shustov, evoking memories of the era when the U.S. and Soviet Union battled for supremacy with jumpers such as Valeriy Brumel and John Thomas.

Though it is really unpredictable that who will win in Thursday's final, yet it is quite certain that the final will be very intensely contended given the very tough qualifying round.

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