Two centimetres.
That's all that separated Alyx Treasure from a women's high jump medal Saturday at the Commonwealth Games in Golf Coast, Australia.
It came down to a final-four showdown between Treasure, the 25-year-old from Prince George, Levern Spencer of St. Lucia, Morgan Lake of England and Nicola McDermott of Scotland.
All four women cleared the bar at 1.91 metres and Treasure was ranked fourth based on having taken more attempts than the other three to get that far in the competition.
But Treasure's trip to the podium was cut short when she missed on all three attempts at 1.93 m, just one centimetre shy of her personal best 1.94 m, set in qualifying for the Olympic final in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. She finished fourth.
Spencer won gold, clearing her first attempt at 1.95 m, while Lake took silver and McDermott captured bronze. Lake missed at 1.95 m and had two tries at 1.97 but missed both. McDermott won bronze after she cleared a personal-best 1.91m with her first attempt.
