Yaroslava honored the memory of the legendary Kobzar.
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh recited the famous poem “Zapovit” by Taras Shevchenko after winning the gold medal at the 2025 Euro Indoor High Jump.
In this way, the 23-year-old athlete honored the memory of the legendary Kobzar, because it was on this day, March 9, that the outstanding Ukrainian poet was born in 1814.
Maguchikh won gold at the European Indoor Championships for the third time in a row. She also won gold at the previous two European Championships in 2021 and 2023.
Maguchikh became only the second athlete in history to win the European Indoor Championships three times in a row.
The first female athlete to achieve this feat was Rosemary Ackerman, who won the European High Jump Championships in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
It should be noted that last season, Maguchikh won gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris and also broke the world record in 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.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian high jumper Oleg Doroshchuk won gold at the 2025 European Indoor Athletics Championships.