Starc's effort on the Gold Coast is the second-highest high jump height ever reached by an Australian, behind Tim Forsyth

Having made 2.30m in the men's final on Wednesday night, Starc was staring down a possible 2.32-metre jump. Though he said he was unaware at the time, it was an attempt at a personal best (his previous being 2.31 metres). Only later would everyone find out it was the winning jump. But looking to scale a height he had never reached, while roared on by the Carrara crowd, everything fell perfectly in to place for the Sydneysider. "To be honest when I was waiting for that 2.32, it didn't even go through my head that it was a PB height, it was just another height that I had to clear to get that gold," he said. "I wasn't even in gold position. "I knew I had to really give it that first-attempt effort, and you know I was feeling pretty good the whole time, the body's really good, my heel was a little bit sore but you have to put that at the back of your head, and just give it your all, and I did. "I can't take anything away from the crowd. They've given me so much today. The whole stadium was behind me. I can't really explain it, it's just so good. "My 2.32 — the runup was pretty average, but I just put myself in a good position, went up and got over it. I think I went over pretty clean, too. "That's pretty much the game plan, keep it simple and you get it done."