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Ukrainian High-Jumper Soars to Gold

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, after being forced to flee Russia’s full-scale invasion, continues to leap to new heights and proudly fly Ukraine’s flag on the road to the Paris Olympics.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh got another victory in the high-jump in the season finale of the prestigious Diamond League held in Oregon, USA – and Yaroslava used it to declare victory for Ukraine.

The 21-year-old athletics superstar won the Diamond League with a season’s best 2.03 meters, which automatically qualified her for the Sept. 2024 Paris Olympics.

Having great results in 2022 and 2023, Mahuchikh is considered by many to be the favorite to take high-jump gold in next year’s Games. She won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Mahuchikh, a native of Dnipro, was strongly against Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Games.

“I’m so happy to compete and I’m happy that I have the opportunity to compete and show all the world that we are strongest. We are from Ukraine,” Mahuchikh declared after her Oregon win.

“Now is extra important because it’s precious that I have the opportunity to represent my country and show all the world that in my country… all our people are fighting in different spheres,” Mahuchikh said of the significance of her victory.

Wearing her trademark blue-and-yellow eye makeup, Mahuchikh was awarded the gold medal.

In March 2022, together with her mother, sister and niece, she was forced to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Traveling over 1500 kilometers by car for three days, she made her way to Belgrade, Serbia and won gold at the World Indoor Championships.

Afterward, according to UP, Mahuchikh moved to Germany and then Belgium to train while the war continued at home. Later in 2022, Mahuchikh won gold at the European Championships and took the silver medal at the World Championships, before capping the year with her first Diamond League trophy.

In 2023, Mahuchikh won gold at the European Indoor Championships in March, and the outdoor European Games in June. Then, she stamped her authority on international women’s high-jump by winning gold at the World Championships in Budapest in August.

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Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the Diamond League with a season's best 2.03 meters.

Read the article and mark the sentences True or False

Ukrainian High-Jumper Soars to Gold

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, after being forced to flee Russia’s full-scale invasion, continues to leap to new heights and proudly fly Ukraine’s flag on the road to the Paris Olympics.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh got another victory in the high-jump in the season finale of the prestigious Diamond League held in Oregon, USA – and Yaroslava used it to declare victory for Ukraine.

The 21-year-old athletics superstar won the Diamond League with a season’s best 2.03 meters, which automatically qualified her for the Sept. 2024 Paris Olympics.

Having great results in 2022 and 2023, Mahuchikh is considered by many to be the favorite to take high-jump gold in next year’s Games. She won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Mahuchikh, a native of Dnipro, was strongly against Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Games.

“I’m so happy to compete and I’m happy that I have the opportunity to compete and show all the world that we are strongest. We are from Ukraine,” Mahuchikh declared after her Oregon win.

“Now is extra important because it’s precious that I have the opportunity to represent my country and show all the world that in my country… all our people are fighting in different spheres,” Mahuchikh said of the significance of her victory.

Wearing her trademark blue-and-yellow eye makeup, Mahuchikh was awarded the gold medal.

In March 2022, together with her mother, sister and niece, she was forced to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Traveling over 1500 kilometers by car for three days, she made her way to Belgrade, Serbia and won gold at the World Indoor Championships.

Afterward, according to UP, Mahuchikh moved to Germany and then Belgium to train while the war continued at home. Later in 2022, Mahuchikh won gold at the European Championships and took the silver medal at the World Championships, before capping the year with her first Diamond League trophy.

In 2023, Mahuchikh won gold at the European Indoor Championships in March, and the outdoor European Games in June. Then, she stamped her authority on international women’s high-jump by winning gold at the World Championships in Budapest in August.

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Mahuchikh is considered by many to be the favorite to take high-jump gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics.