The winner of the award will be announced on October 26 at the award ceremony in Skopje.
Olympic high jump champion Yaroslava Maguchikhwas among the top three finalists in the nomination for the title of best European female athlete in 2024.
This was announced by the European Athletics Association.
Maguchih will compete for the award with British Keeley Hodgkinson and Dutch Femke Bol.
Hodgkinson is the 2024 Paris Olympic champion in the 800-meter run and the current European champion in this discipline.
Bol is a three-time 2024 Olympic medalist, including the 4x400m mixed relay. She is also the reigning European champion in the 400m hurdles, won two golds at the 2024 World Indoor Championships and won her fourth consecutive Diamond League final.
The 2024 European Athlete of the Year will be announced at the awards ceremony in Skopje on 26 October.
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Femke Bol
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It should be noted that Yaroslava was nominated for this award for the third year in a row, but the Ukrainian has not yet managed to become a laureate of the prestigious prize.
This season, Maguchikh won gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, won gold at the European Championships and silver at the World Indoor Championships, and also became the champion of the Diamond League, winning all the stages in which she took part.
At the beginning of July this year, Maguchikh broke the world record in the 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 Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova, who jumped 2.09 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.