Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh sets herself up as favourite for Paris Olympics next year
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the best high jumper in the war-torn country of Ukraine, won a gold medal Sunday night to bring an emotional close to the track and field world championships.
Her evening came to a close moments after Femke Bol of the Netherlands, whose fall on opening night cost her team a medal in the mixed 4x400 relay, made up some 20 metres down the home-stretch to win the women’s version of that relay. She has been home for only a few weeks over Christmas, and Dnipro, which was relatively safe at the outset of the fighting with Russia, has become a target in the war.
Mahuchikh sealed the win after jumping two centimetres higher than Australian Eleanor Patterson, who beat her last year in Eugene, Ore. With the gold medal secure, Mahuchikh had the bar set to 2.07 to try for a personal best.
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