On the night of July 20, the final of the women's high jump competition took place in Eugene, USA.. Ukraine was represented by Yaroslav Maguchy and Irina Gerashchenko, who had previously passed the qualification, unlike their compatriot Yulia Levchenko.

Ukraine did not remain without medals in this discipline. Maguchikh became vice-champion of the world - on the second attempt she conquered the bar of 2.02 m.

Australian Eleanor Patterson won the 2022 World Cup with a height of 2.02 on her first attempt.. Neither Patterson nor Maguchy coped with the height of 2.04 m, so the Australian bypassed the Ukrainian and won the "

Gerashchenko, unfortunately, did not get on the podium. Irina set a personal record, for the first time in her career, she conquered the bar of 2 m, but this was not enough for medals. The Ukrainian woman stopped a step away from the prizes, letting the Italian Elena Valortigaru go ahead.

Note that for Maguchy this is the second silver medal of the world championships. Gerashchenko also placed fourth for the second time.

2022 World Championships in Athletics. Women's high jump. Final 1. Eleanor Patterson (Australia) - 2.02 m2. Yaroslav Maguchy (Ukraine) - 2.02 m 3. Elena Valortigara (Italy) - 2.00 m 4. Irina Gerashchenko (Ukraine) - 2.00 m. Earlier, Andrey Protsenko won bronze in the men's high jump..

Recall that the Ukrainians won three medals at the European Youth Diving Championships.