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Ukraine’s medalists at the Paris Olympics face a long trek home. For some, it’s up to a 30-hour trip
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine’s medalists at the Paris Olympics face a long trek home. For some, it’s up to a 30-hour trip

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — There won’t be any quick trips home for Ukraine’s medalists at the Paris Olympics. High jumpers Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Iryna Gerashchenko and hammer thrower Mykhaylo Kokhan picked up their hardware on Monday following a memorable night 24 hours earlier in track and field for the war-torn country. “He congrats me and say that he knows how it’s …

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High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and other medal-winning Ukrainians put attention on war
4 months, 2 weeks ago

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and other medal-winning Ukrainians put attention on war

Associated Press  

PARIS — Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the Ukrainian world-record high jumper, may have just won Olympic gold, but she and other winning athletes from Ukraine are not resting in Paris — they’re trying to shine the spotlight on the war tearing apart their country. “But Russia didn’t stop, and during these Games, there were massive attacks on Ukrainian cities.” Yaroslava Mahuchikh, of …

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Ukrainian high jumper snuggles inside sleeping bag, takes a 'nap' before getting up and winning Olympics gold medal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukrainian high jumper snuggles inside sleeping bag, takes a 'nap' before getting up and winning Olympics gold medal

Hindustan Times  

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the world record holder, won Olympic gold at the Stade de France and intrigued the world with her unique habit of lying under a green bedroll between jumps, seemingly "napping or meditating." Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Team Ukraine 'relaxes' during the Women's High Jump Olympics Final Surprising one and all with her unique method at the …

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s Olympic high jump gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s Olympic high jump gold

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh lived up to her pre-Paris Games billing to win the women’s Olympic high jump at the Stade de France on Sunday. Wearing her trademark blue and yellow eyeliner -- the colours of the Ukraine flag -- Mahuchikh was nowhere near her 2.10m world record form of the Paris Diamond League last month. But her Paris performance on …

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High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine’s 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine’s 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — It was a night for war-torn Ukraine to rejoice. Thousands of Ukrainians watched on YouTube as high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won gold for the country she was forced to flee, then celebrated with two teammates who also medaled at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Mahuchikh, who left her home due to the war with Russia, earned Ukraine’s …

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High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine's 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine's 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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Olympics on her mind, Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for a gold medal in Paris
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympics on her mind, Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for a gold medal in Paris

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years. I want to show people we’ll never give up and we’ll fight in difficult and different ways.” When the war started, Mahuchikh piled as much as she could into her car and left town quickly. After the …

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Stars Richardson and Lyles among the track athletes looking for their first gold medals in Paris
5 months, 1 week ago

Stars Richardson and Lyles among the track athletes looking for their first gold medals in Paris

Associated Press  

There are big races, and then there are the Olympics. “Right now, I do not hold a gold medal in the Olympics,” said Lyles, who counts the bronze medal he won in the 200 meters at the Tokyo Games among his biggest disappointments. The near 2,200 athletes competing in the Olympics’ biggest sport are well aware that the money is …

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Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League

The Independent  

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In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record
5 months, 2 weeks ago

In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record

Associated Press  

PARIS — Ukraine’s best high jumper captured a world record on Sunday to go with her world championship, and now she has a good reason to think she might bring home an Olympic gold medal to her war-torn country. Yaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League meet in Paris, jumping 2.10 meters …

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Ukraine’s Mahuchikh defends high jump title at Euros. She’s a favorite for the Paris Olympics
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine’s Mahuchikh defends high jump title at Euros. She’s a favorite for the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

ROME — One Ukrainian medal in the high jump was expected. Yaroslava Mahuchikh met expectations by following up her world title with a second consecutive European Championship gold on Sunday. We want to show every person in the world that we will continue fighting, that war in Ukraine it’s not finished unfortunately,” Mahuchikh said. “We should fight in every field …

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Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul
1 year, 3 months ago

Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul

ABC  

Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have claimed silver and bronze in an emotion-charged women's high jump in Budapest, lifting Australia to a best-ever medal haul of six at a world athletics championships. Key points: Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers embraced on the track after each claiming high jump medals Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who won gold, had to flee her home …

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World Athletics Championships 2023: Mahuchikh wins maiden gold in high jump
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Mahuchikh wins maiden gold in high jump

The Hindu  

BUDAPEST Yaroslava Mahuchikh sailed to victory in the women’s high jump on Sunday for Ukraine’s lone gold medal of the World Athletics Championships, a remarkable achievement in a season disrupted by the war in her homeland. What a high jump series for 🇺🇦's Yaroslava Mahuchikh and she's still only 21 years old 😳#WorldAthleticsChampspic.twitter.com/7MpEn5PYzk — World Athletics August 27, 2023 “I …

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Ukraine’s best high jumper wins gold for her country at world championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Ukraine’s best high jumper wins gold for her country at world championships

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The war with Russia hangs over the Olympic world these days as much as anywhere else. “Finally, I have my gold medal,” she said of the country’s first world title since 2013, when the meet was held in Moscow. “And it’s really extra important for my country right now.” Mahuchikh’s final jump of the evening came only …

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Ukraine on her mind as high jumper goes for gold at worlds
54 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine on her mind as high jumper goes for gold at worlds

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — It took her three days by car to escape from Ukraine after the war started. “When a war is going on,” Mahuchikh said, “it’s highly complicated to say that any city is safe.” Four months after that harrowing trip to cross the border in Serbia, the 20-year-old is at the track and field world championships, a world …

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World Athletics Championships 2022: Silver Feels Like Gold, Says Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Silver Feels Like Gold, Says Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh

News 18  

The second-place finish at world championships was beside the point for Ukraine’s best high jumper, Yaroslava Mahuchikh. “For me, it’s gold," she said Tuesday night, as she looked down at her newly won prize, one nobody would have been right to expect four months ago after she took a three-day car trip to flee her hometown and get away from …

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Jake Wightman’s stunning 1,500-meter win makes for surreal family moment
2 years, 5 months ago

Jake Wightman’s stunning 1,500-meter win makes for surreal family moment

LA Times  

Jake Wightman poses with his parents, Geoff and Susan Wightman, after winning gold in the men’s 1,500-meter final Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships. “I just didn’t want to mess it up for him by doing anything wobbly.” On the fifth day of the world track and field championships, as expectations were upended and favorites pushed a place down the …

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Ukraine On Her Mind As High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh Goes For Gold At World Championship
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine On Her Mind As High Jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh Goes For Gold At World Championship

News 18  

It took her three days by car to escape from Ukraine after the war started. “When a war is going on," Mahuchikh said, “it’s highly complicated to say that any city is safe." World Athletics President Seb Coe said that given the difficulties the 22 Ukrainians competing in Worlds have endured simply to make it to this point, it would …

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