Ukraine won a double podium in the high jump at the Games in Paris.
High jumpers Yaroslava Maguchikh and Iryna Gerashchenko brought Ukraine two more medals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Maguchikh won”gold”, and Gerashchenko became a bronze medalist.
Immediately after the end of the competition in the sector, our athletes began to emotionally celebrate this triumph with the flags of Ukraine.
We present to your attention bright photos of Maguchikh and Gerashchenko after winning Olympic medals.
Maguchikh finished the final with a result of 2.00 meters, having overtaken Australian Nicola Olislagers in the number of attempts in the fight for gold, who became the silver medalist.
Gerashchenko shared the bronze with Australian Eleanor Patterson. Both athletes cleared a height of 1.95 meters, but then failed to clear the bar of 1.98 meters and dropped out of the fight for gold.
For 22-year-old Maguchikh, this is the second Olympic medal in her career and her first gold. At the 2020 Games in Tokyo, she won bronze, also showing a result of 2.00 meters in the final.
29-year-old Gerashchenko won her first Olympic award. Before that, she finished 10th in Rio 2016 and fourth in Tokyo 2020.
Ukraine now has six medals at the 2024 Olympics: two gold, one silver and three bronze.
In addition to the medals of Maguchikh and Gerashchenko, track and field athlete Mikhail Kokhan won bronze in hammer throw on August 4.
Earlier, Olga Kharlan won bronze in individual sabre, and together with Elena Kravatskaya, Alina Komashchuk and Yulia Bakastova, she won gold in the team. Serhiy Kulish won silver in shooting.
Another award, at least silver, was guaranteed for Ukraine by Oleksandr Khyzhnyak, who reached the final of the boxing tournament in the weight category up to 80 kg.
Ukraine is represented at the XXXIII Summer Olympics by 140 athletes who compete in 23 sports. The Games in Paris will last until August 11.