CWG 2018: Mitchell Starc’s Brother Brandon Wins High Jump Gold
No, I don’t follow cricket. That’s my brother’s sport. I played when I was younger: Brandon Starc
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Mitchell Starc’s younger brother and Commonwealth Games champion Australian high jumper Brandon Starc has quite a cricket connection but ask him about it and he says “Naah, not my sport.” Starc achieved a personal best of 2.32 m to clinch the gold medal in the high jump event at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
The lanky, baby-faced 24-year-old had the crowd on its feet at the Carrara stadium during the high jump finals, actively seeking its vocal support before almost every attempt he made.
All smiles and quite literally bouncing with energy, he mostly laughed at questions on his cricket connection.
With a number of Indian scribes covering the event, the Mitchell Starc question was an inevitable one.
As a question on cricket popped up, Starc was quick to brush it aside. It was his moment and he wasn't going to let anything else take it away from him .
The older of the Starc brothers, Mitchell is currently nursing a leg injury and has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League, where he would have turned up for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Starc Junior, on the other hand, enjoyed the biggest moment of his career in front of adoring fans, soaking it all in with a national flag draped around his shoulders.
Asked about his initiation into high jump, response was quite simple.
He thanked the capacity crowd for egging him on during the competition.
“The home crowd is awesome, you've got to take it. I love getting the crowd involved,” he said when asked whether feeding off the crowd was a strategic move.
The beaming smile on his face aside, Starc conceded that emotions are running a bit high inside and it might just all release on the podium when he collects the gold.
“I'm going to be in tears for sure. I'm going to love every moment,” he said.