The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh - The Canadian PressSAINT-DENIS, France —
“For me, every tournament is important,” she said. “I represent my country, and for Ukraine, every medal is important. I want to show people we’ll never give up and we’ll fight in difficult and different ways.” “I should show that we'll be fighting, and now I'm competing for my people in Ukraine,” she said. “Because sports gives warm memories and happiness.”Last year, she starred in the emotional high point of the track and field world championships. Wearing blue and yellow eyeliner to match the colors of her nation's flag, Mahuchikh jumped 2.01 meters to win the title, which marked Ukraine's first gold medal in any track and field event at worlds since 2013.
“It is a very constrained world that those athletes have to operate in,” Coe said. “We looked at it as a matter of integrity. Was it fair that those athletes who were going to be so disadvantaged should also athletes from a country that has shown such aggression?” But the Olympics are supposed to be as much about the peaceful gathering of nations as the individual athletes themselves.
“Unfortunately, I have two years experience of this behind me,” Mahuchikh said. “But mentally, I’m stronger than I was two years ago.”
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