No Place for Russian 'Killers' in Athletics, says Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh
News 18Yaroslava Mahuchikh used to be not just fierce rivals with Russia’s Mariya Lasitskene, but also friends in the tight-knit world of elite women’s high jumping. Mahuchikh offered no solace for the absent Lasitskene at the World Athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon, saying there was no place for Russian “killers". Mahuchikh is reigning European indoor high jump champion, but had to settle for Olympic bronze in Tokyo last summer and world outdoor silver in Doha in 2019 in competitions claimed by arch-rival Lasitskene. New war Lasitskene accused IOC president Thomas Bach of having created a “new war" by recommending Russian athletes be banned from international competition. Showing Lasitskene further short thrift, Mahuchikh continued: “I don’t want to see on the track killers because it’s really killed a lot of sportsmen, this war."
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