Django Lovett jumpstarts Canada's athletics worlds with berth to high-jump final

Django Lovett has Canada off to a flying start at the World Athletics Championships.

The Surrey, B.C., native booked his ticket to the high jump final by clearing a bar of 2.28 metres on Friday in the opening session of the Eugene, Ore., meet.

The jump matched a season best for the 30-year-old, which ranks sixth worldwide and just six centimetres back of the world-leading mark.

He was one of just six jumpers who made that height on their first attempt.

Django Lovett, Canada's co-captain for the 2022 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldAthleticsChamps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WorldAthleticsChamps</a>, is off to a flying start in the high jump qualifiers