Yaroslava finished the competition with a result of 1.99 meters.
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Maguchikh became the winner of the 2024 Diamond League stage in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The reigning Olympic champion triumphed with a result of 1.99 meters. She was the only one of all the participants who managed to reach this height.
Then Yaroslava tried to conquer the bar at a height of 2.03 meters, but was unable to do so in any of her three attempts.
Second and third places were taken by representatives of Australia – Eleanor Patterson (1.96 meters) and Nicola Olislagers (1.92 meters), respectively.
Another Ukrainian Iryna Gerashchenko, who won the “bronze” at the 2024 Olympics, took fifth place (1.88 meters), three times failing to clear the height of 1.92 meters.
Diamond League. Lausanne. High jump, women
1. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) – 1.99 meters
2. Eleanor Patterson (Australia) – 1.96 meters
3. Nicola Ollislagers (Australia) – 1.92 meters
4. Christina Honsel (Germany) – 1.92 meters
5. Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine) – 1.88 meters
5. Safina Sadullaeva (Uzbekistan) – 1.88 meters
It should be noted that for Maguchikh and Gerashchenko this was the first start after the 2024 Olympic Games, where Yaroslava won the gold with a result of 2.00 meters, and Iryna became a bronze medalist (1.95 meters).
Recall that in early July of this year, Maguchikh broke the world recordin women's high jump. At the Diamond League stage in Paris, the Ukrainian was the first in history to clear a height of 2.10 meters. Yaroslava surpassed the achievement of the Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova, who jumped 2.09 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.
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