BLACKSBURG – Incoming freshman Lisa Gunnarsson will head to London to compete at the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in the pole vault event on Friday at 2:45 p.m. ET.
Gunnarrson, who took the gold medal at the European Junior Championships on July 22, is one of 32 athletes who will partake in the pole vault, representing 19 countries. If she advances to the finals, competitors start vaulting at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Hailing from Sweden, Gunnarsson enters the event with the 25th-best mark among the group, owning a personal-best vault of 4.