Yaroslava Maguchikh from Dnipro, the bronze medalist of the 2020 Olympic Games in high jump, on Sunday set a world record by clearing the bar of 2m 10cm.
At the Diamond League stage in Paris, where the Olympic Games will start soon, she broke the record of Stefka Kostadinova from Bulgaria, which had been held since 1987 – 2 m 9 cm.
Before that, at the same competition, Maguchichykh renewed her personal record of 2m 7cm.
Yaroslava Maguchikh and Iryna Gerashchenko have won another set of awards for the Ukrainian national team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, which are taking place in Rome, Italy.
In the high jump, Maguchikh won European gold for the second time in a row with a score of 2.01 meters, while Gerashchenko cleared 1.95 meters and won bronze.
“Angelina Topic from Serbia took the silver medal (1.97 meters).
