Ukrainian Yaroslava Maguchy became the 2023 European champion in indoor athletics, which takes place in Istanbul, Turkey.

Maguchikh confirmed her status as the favorite of the high jump competitions. She managed to take four heights on the first attempt and became the only participant who conquered the bar of 1.98 meters.. In the status of a champion, she tried to take a height of 2.03 m, but she failed to show the best result of the season in the world..

The second place with a score of 1.96 m was taken by the representative of the Netherlands Brit Woermann. At the same time, another Ukrainian Ekaterina Tabashnik (1.94 m) won the European Championship bronze, for whom this is her debut medal at this level.. The third representative of Ukraine, Yulia Levchenko, closed the top 5 (1.94 m, more attempts).

Recall that Yaroslav Maguchy is the bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics. Last year, the Ukrainian became the world indoor champion, European champion, silver medalist of the outdoor world championship and the champion of the Diamond League..

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Earlier, the first medal of the European Championship 2023 was brought to Ukraine by Ukrainian Roman Kokoshko in shot put.