Posted on 07/08/2024 6:05:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
PARIS (AP) — 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 (6.88 feet) in one of the last big tuneups leading into the Olympics.
The previous record of 2.09 was set by Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova in Rome in 1987.
“Coming into this competition, I had feelings that I could jump 2.07 meters and maybe 2.10 meters,” Mahuchikh said. “Finally I signed Ukraine to the history of world athletics.”
The 22-year-old Mahuchikh and world indoor champion Nicola Olyaslagers both cleared 2.01 meters on their second attempt. After Olyslagers failed three times at 2.03, Mahuchikh cleared that height to secure victory.
She then cleared 2.07 meters to set a Ukrainian record and had the bar raised to 2.10, which she cleared on her first try.
Mahuchikh left her hometown of Dnipro shortly after the war with Russia began. Like virtually all elite athletes in her country, she has been training in foreign countries while keeping tabs on the war back home. She has been outspoken about the role Ukrainian sports can play to give signs of hope to those fighting for Ukraine’s survival.
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One of the US trans girls can easily beat that.
She looks a lot like Nicole Kidman.....................
🤣🤣
I never understood the attraction to her by Tom Cruise
I never understood Tom Cruise................
I enjoyed several of his movies though he’s obviously pre-occupied with aliens taking over the Earth (that darn Scientology)
I liked the early MI series
Days of Top Gun Thunder (most of it anyways)
Jack Reacher (1)
Oblivion was pretty good
I liked the Shelby in War of the Worlds
Of all those listed, I’ve seen exactly two, Oblivion and War of the Worlds.
Never saw any of the others.................
He has super powers to be highly-paid for movies
Oh, Valkyrie was pretty good too
The first 2-3 MI are actually pretty good
Watch Jack Reacher before anyone spoils it - it’s done well
the first one
I knew the ending of Valkyrie, so I didn’t watch it.................🙄
It’s worth watching
I like surprise endings..............😉
It’s pretty good - even with BS directing
He did a lot of House episodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZpMzfw1jE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMB62cdI5Y
Dodging Russian mortar rounds comes in handy.
Tom Cruise was a good “Reacher” place-holder until Alan Ritchson came along.
Still... Can’t beat the books.
Never had read the books - didn’t know about the character
Still, to harm that 1970 Chevelle......
I mean, is NOTHING sacred?
And then a 1970 Mach 1 was torn up in a Lynda Carter movie
And those poor Challengers in “Vanishing Point”
And the 4-4-2 in “Demolition Man”
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