Ukrainian athlete Yaroslava Mahuchikh named world champion in high jump.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, a 21-year-old athlete from Dnipro, won the gold medal in high jump at the track-and-field world championships in Budapest on Aug.
27, ESPN reported[1]. This is Mahuchikh's first championship win, having earned silver medals in both 2019 and 2022. Mahuchikh sealed her victory with a jump of 2.01 meters, beating out Australian Eleanor Patterson by two centimeters.
Ukraine's Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk also won a silver medal earlier in the tournament. Mahuchikh wore yellow and blue eyeliner during the competition as a tribute to the Ukrainian flag[2]. Along with her mother, sister, and niece, Mahuchikh fled Dnipro after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
She now trains in Germany. Dnipro has since become a target[3] of Russian missile strikes. Mahuchikh is now a favorite for the 2024 Olympics[4] in Paris.
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References
- ^ reported (www.espn.com)
- ^ Ukrainian flag (kyivindependent.com)
- ^ target (kyivindependent.com)
- ^ 2024 Olympics (kyivindependent.com)