Yaroslava Maguchikh, bronze medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, came under fire for a photo with Russian rival Maria Lasitskene taken after the high jump competition in the Japanese capital..
The representative of the ROC team was one of the competitors of our athlete during the starts. As a result, both were on the podium - Lasitskene became the first, and Maguchikh was the third.
After the end of the competition, Yaroslava and Maria took several joint photos in which they stood in an embrace with the flags of Ukraine and the ROC.
These footage caused extensive discussions in Ukraine, and Maguchikh came under criticism for a photo with a Russian woman, who in 2018 was a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the election of the head of state..
Maguchikh is also a junior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Lasitskene - Captain of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.