Yaroslava got her third victory in the Diamond League this season
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslav Maguchy commented on her victory stage of the Diamond League in Paris.
Maguchy won the competition in Paris, showing the best result of the season in the world – 2.01 m. This is the third triumph of the Ukrainian in the current season of the Diamond League.
“This is a good result for me – 2.01. It is a great pleasure to jump at this stadium, because in two years the Olympic Games will be held in Paris,” Maguchy said.
“It is very cool to compete with our girls from Ukraine, because, unfortunately, the war continues in Ukraine and we are preparing in other countries. It is very difficult to mentally focus on jumping, but we have shown once again that Ukrainians are a strong nation that does not give up. We jump to save our country.”
“The situation is terrible for me because I can’t go home until my season is over. This will happen in September. But I am waiting for this and trying to show the best results in competitions to help our Ukraine.”
“Now I’m with my coach. It is very difficult for us psychologically to focus on high jumps. All our thoughts remain in Ukraine, we read the news and we are very upset. We all believe, all our high jumpers, all our athletes believe that this will be over as soon as possible.”
“Most of all, I now want peace in my country – this is the big dream of all Ukrainians, but if we talk about sports, then this is a world record.”
Also the winners of the tournament in Paris were Ukrainians Irina Gerashchenko and Yulia Levchenko, who won silver and bronze, respectively.
Source: Sportarena
