‘My heart remains in my country’ - Ukraine’s Mahuchikh wins high jump gold via IrishTimesSport
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee her home in Dnipro after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, said she was fighting for her country in the stadium after winning gold in the high jump at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
The 20-year-old, who is the reigning European Indoor high jump champion and won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, spent days sheltering in a cellar before travelling for three days by car to reach Serbia, a trip of nearly 2,000 kilometres. Mahuchikh won gold with a leap of 2.02 metres on Saturday, with Australia’s Eleanor Patterson taking silver and Nadezhda Dubovitskaya of Kazakhstan claiming bronze.“I don’t think about competition, training. For me, coming here was difficult - three days by car - and to jump here was so difficult psychologically because my heart remains in my country.
“It’s so difficult but I think I’ve done very well for my country because I protect my country on the track. I think it’s a very important thing for my country.”team, was ruled out of the competition after World Athletics banned athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus.
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