Athletistic / Olympic Games. World record holder in high jump, Ukrainian athlete Yaroslava Maguchikh, spoke about her victory at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (France).
“In the end, it was a bit difficult for me, but I still managed to win thanks to what my coach taught me: she always told me to jump on the first try, which plays an important role in our sport. motivation to win, I came to Paris as the world leader of the season with a world record – this gave me motivation Unfortunately, in the final of the 2024 Olympics I could not jump higher, but this is a competition, so we have to keep working, especially since we have something to jump higher, that in Paris I will jump higher, but now I am just happy that now I have an Olympic gold medal,” Maguchikh was quoted as saying by Ukrainian media.
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Yaroslava Maguchikh jumped 2.00 meters in the final of the 2024 Olympic Games. Australian Nicola Olislagers showed exactly the same result, but she did not clear this height on her first attempt. As a result, the Olyslagers got silver. The bronze medal was shared by Australian Eleanor Patterson and Ukrainian Irina Gerashchenko, who cleared the bar at a height of 1.95 meters.
Note that at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan), Russian Maria Lasitskene won this type of program.
Source: Sport
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