Ukrainian athlete Andrey Protsenko successfully performed at the World Championships in the USA. He won the bronze medal in the high jump.

Protsenko qualified and took the height of 2.33 m in the final. This result allowed the Ukrainian to rise to the podium for the first time in his career.. Protsenko competed at the world championship for the seventh time, but did not overcome the qualifying stage all previous times.

Qatari Mutag Essa Barshim became the champion (2. 37), the silver medal was won by San Gyuk from the Republic of Korea (2. 35).

The medal was the debut for the Blue-Yellows at the 2022 World Cup. And first in the men's high jump since 2015. Then the silver went to Bogdan Bondarenko.

It should be noted that Andrei Protsenko was in the occupied Kherson region and managed to get out only 40 days later..

Recall that the Ukrainian national team triumphantly finished at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, USA. According to the results of the competition, our team was in the top 3 medal standings.