“I don’t know how we got there – it hasn’t been a smooth path, but I’m in the right place at the right time.”

Clarke-Khan, who began competing at Worcester Athletics Club, will need a new personal best to achieve the Olympic qualifying height of 2.33m.

His cleared his current best height of 2.27m at the Olympic Stadium in London last July.

“Hopefully I can go out on Saturday, give it everything I’ve got and book my ticket to Paris,” he said.