Ukrainian Maguchykh became the world champion in high jump

The athlete won gold in Belgrade.

Украинка Магучих стала чемпионкой мира по прыжкам в высоту

Ukrainian track and field athlete Yaroslava Maguchykh won the World Indoor High Jumping Championships.

The tournament took place in Belgrade, Serbia. The Ukrainian conquered a height of 2.02 meters and left behind the Australian Elinor Patterson (2.00 meters). Nadezhda Dubovitskaya from Kazakhstan entered the top 3 (1.98 meters).

Another Ukrainian Irina Gerashchenko took the fifth place with a result of 1.92 meters.

It is worth noting that Maguchikh won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Indoors, her best result was winning the 2021 European Championship. The Ukrainian also has a silver medal at the 2019 World Cup.

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Earlier it was reported that athletes from Russia and Belarus were removed from the Diamond League and the European Championship in summer sports .

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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