Pole Vaulter Olivia McTaggart will have to overcome wrist surgery to make it to this year's athletics World Championships in Doha

The 19-year-old fractured a bone at last weekend Vertical Pursuit event in Auckland, when her pole broke mid-air sending her crashing into the mat.

McTaggart has been named in the New Zealand squad for the World Championships on the condition she jumps four metres 56 centremetres in the coming months

She's expected to be back vaulting in time to compete at the World University Games in July.