One of the biggest upsets of the Olympics came in the women's high jump, when Croatia's Blanka Vlasic, one of the most dominant track and field athletes in the world in any event, finished second to Belgium's Tia Hellebaut.Hellebaut and Vlasic both cleared 2.05 meters, but Hellebaut won because she didn't miss any jumps at that height, while Vlasic failed to clear the bar once before she made it on her second attempt. Russia's Anna Chicherova was third at 2.03 meters.
The 24-year-old Vlasic had won 34 consecutive high jump competitions heading into these Olympics and was considered a huge favorite to bring home the gold. For the 30-year-old Hellebaut, who finished 12th in the 2004 Olympics, to beat her head-to-head represents one of the great achievements of these Games.
