Ukraine's top high jumper splits world record in pave the way to Paris 2024
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Loading... - Radimir Sokolov
- 12 Jul 2024
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who left her old neighborhood of Dnipro not long after the conflict with Russia started, eradicated an imprint that had represented 37 years.
In addition to winning the world championship, Ukraine's best high jumper set a new world record on Sunday. Now, she has good reason to believe she could win an Olympic gold medal for her war-torn nation.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh deleted an imprint that had represented 37 years at a Jewel Association meet in Paris, hopping 2.10 meters (6.88 feet) in one of the last enormous tuneups driving into the Olympics.
Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria set the previous mark of 2.09 in Rome in 1987. "Coming into this opposition, I had sentiments that I could bounce 2.07 meters and perhaps 2.10 meters," Mahuchikh said. " At long last I marked Ukraine to the historical backdrop of world sports."
The 22-year-old Mahuchikh and world indoor boss Nicola Olyaslagers both cleared 2.01 meters on their subsequent endeavor. After Olyslagers flopped multiple times at 2.03, Mahuchikh cleared that level to get triumph.
She then, at that point, cleared 2.07 meters to establish a Ukrainian standard and had the bar raised to 2.10, which she cleared on her most memorable attempt.
Shortly after the war with Russia began, Mahuchikh fled her hometown of Dnipro. She has been training abroad while keeping an eye on the war in her home country, as almost all elite athletes in her country do. She has been straightforward about the job Ukrainian games can play to offer hints of desire to those battling for Ukraine's endurance.
After defending her European title last month, she stated, "We all are fighting for our people, for our soldiers." We need to show each individual on the planet that we will keep battling, that conflict in Ukraine it's not got done, tragically. We ought to battle in each field to show that Ukraine is most grounded."
Mahuchikh supports World Athletics' decision to exclude all Russian athletes from the Olympic track meet next month. World Athletics is a global organization that runs track.
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, paid a weekend-long visit to Kyiv and reiterated his support for the Ukrainian war effort.
According to Coe, "nothing I witnessed tells me that the decision we've taken is anything other than the right decision, but the right decision for the sake of our sport."
