'Medals for our country' — Yaroslava Mahuchikh on her Olympic gold.

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Team Ukraine's Olympic medals in the women's high jump event are "medals for the whole country," gold medalist Yaroslava Muhuchikh said on Aug.

4 in a comment to Suspilne. Mahuchikh won the gold medal on Aug.

4 after a jump of 2.00 meters, while her teammate, Iryna Gerashchenko, tied for the bronze medal with a 1.95-meter jump. "I won a gold medal for our country," Mahuchikh told Suspilne.

"I am very happy. I want to thank the Armed Forces, the military, and volunteers. These are medals for the whole country."

Mahuchikh, a 22-year-old athlete from Dnipro, currently holds the world record for women's high jump and was named world champion in the event in August 2023.   "Was I nervous? Actually, I was very well prepared," Mahuchikh said of her Olympic win.

"Of course, the Olympics are every four years. But I tried not to think about it, because it was a celebration of sport. I was so motivated, I came as the leader of the season with a world record.

It gave me motivation. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to jump higher, but it's a competition, it's necessary. We are working on it, there is still work to be done."

Ukraine has won six medals so far at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Mykhailo Kokhan won a bronze medal during the men's hammer throw competition. Shooter Serhiy Kulish won silver in the 50m rifle three-position event. Fencer Olga Kharlan won bronze in the individual saber event and Ukraine's women's saber fencing team won the gold medal.

With world record and shot at medals in men's, women's events, high jump becomes Ukraine's main Olympic sport

In early July, Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh was winning another event as she was preparing for the Paris Olympics.

After beating competition in the sector, Mahuchikh went for the world record, in place for over 35 years, with few coming close to challenge it.

Mahuchikh took it from the