Athlete Kulichenko, who changed citizenship, won the high jump at the NCAA Championships in the United States

Representing Cyprus, former Russian athlete Elena Kulichenko became the winner of the American Student Championship (NCAA) in high jump.

The 21-year-old reached a height of 1.97 m on his third attempt and set a record for the competition which took place in Eugene. Kulichenko shared first place with Rose Yeboah and also became the Cyprus record holder. The third result was shown by Temitope Adeshina, who lost to Kulichenko and Yeboah in the attempts.

“Wow, what happened… I don’t understand yet,” Kulichenko wrote in his post. Telegram channel by attaching a video of your jump to the post.

Kulichenko has represented Cyprus since 2021, a year later she entered the University of Georgia and left to train in the United States.

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