Ukrainian high jumper Kateryna Tabashnik commented on her bronze medal at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships, which ended in Istanbul (Turkey). The 28-year-old athlete dedicated the medal of the continental championship to her mother, who died as a result of a Russian missile attack on a residential building in Kharkov, which was carried out on the morning of August 18, 2022. " But I understand that this is not the result. I really hoped that there would be three medals, because three Ukrainians in the final. And I had a hope that everyone would be on the podium, and who in what place - as God wills. But, unfortunately, only two medals. I only rose one place higher - this is my work. I understand that I need to work further, even more. Somehow there is no emotion? I still don't understand what happened. We defend the honor of our country, our flag. You know, there are only flashbacks in my head: what is happening at home, that we have a war. And only this. To say that the joy is 100% - I can not say. For all this inside is only pain. And this is perhaps the only thing that encourages us to work and protect our country.. Our soldiers protect at the front, and we at the sports front. As long as we have the opportunity, we do it. Of course I want to dedicate a medal. I think that. I think my mother is happy, sees and helps me. I want to dedicate a medal to her so that she is there," At the Euro 2023 indoor track and field athletics, the Ukrainian team won four medals: one gold, one silver and two bronzes.. In the women's high jump, Yaroslav Maguchy won gold, and Ekaterina Tabashnik won bronze.. Andrei Protsenko won silver in the men's high jump. Roman Kokoshko also won the bronze medal in the shot put..