Ukrainian high jumper Andriy Protsenko became the winner of the Gala di Castelli World Athletics Continental Tour tournament, which took place in Bellinzona, Switzerland. The 35-year-old native of Kherson was the only one who took the height of 2.24 meters on the first attempt. In addition to him, this height was conquered by four more athletes, however, each of them used more attempts to take it.. Thus, it was Protsenko who won the gold award.. Pole Norbert Kobelski and Italian Stefano Sottile shared second place.. The current world champion and winner of the 2020 Olympic Games Italian Gianmarco Tamberi became the fourth. Rounded out the top 5 Greek Antonios Merlos. Moreover, having conquered a height of 2.24 meters, Protsenko set a new record for the tournament in Bellinzona..

Our compatriot also tried to overcome the bar of 2.28 meters, but he failed. It is interesting that now the Ukrainians own the records of the competitions in Bellinzona both among men and among women.. Earlier in 2019, Irina Gerashchenko won this tournament with a score of 1.94 meters and shares the title of record holder with Norwegian Hanne Haugland. Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian Yaroslav Maguchy with a personal record of the season won gold at the Diamond League stage in Xiamen, China.