Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh confidently kicked off the 2024 Olympic year with a victory. The athlete secured the highest-ranking medal at the "bronze" category stage of the World Athletics Tour.
The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the national Olympic team of Ukraine reports this.
"Just now, the reigning world champion in high jump secured the highest-ranking medal at the 'bronze' category stage of the World Athletics Tour - the 'International Jump Meeting' in Cottbus, Germany, setting a competition record and the best result of the season in the world - 2.04 meters!" - announced the NOC.
It's worth noting that this result marks a repetition of the third-best performance in Yaroslava's career.
