Yaroslava Mahuchikh seeks fourth win and world lead in Banská

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Olympic champion and World record holder at the high jump, is competing tomorrow night at the Banskobystricka latka high jump meet (WIT Silver), and it can be seen via streaming video (of course, some geo block stuff)! Please check it out, It was a great meeting with our friend, Alfonz Juck! A delightful athlete and a superb interviewee, Yaroslava Mahuchikh is a wonderful ambassador for her embattled country, Ukraine.

Yaroslsava Mahuchikh broke a 37 year old world record in high jump on 7 July 2024 with her clearance of 2.10m in Paris DL! photo by Diamond League

Mahuchikh seeks fourth win, and world lead in Banská.

BANSKÁ BYSTRICA (SVK): Yaroslava Mahuchikh will seek her fourth title in the on 18 February. Mahuchikh, who cleared 2.06m at this meeting in 2021, faces a field including 2022 world outdoor champion Eleanor Patterson from Australia and last year’s winner Angelina Topic, experienced jumpers Jamaica’s Lamara Distin and Morgan Lake of Great Britain, as well as 17-year-old Lilianna Bátori of Hungary.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Budapest 2023, photo by Kevin Morris

Olympic champion and world record holder, in her second and last start before the European and World Indoors, will try to improve at least the world leading mark. The men’s field includes two-time winner Sanghyeok Woo from South Korea against the likes of Cuba’s Luis Enrique Zayas, Mexicans Edgar Rivera and Erik Portillo, and Japan’s Naoto Tobe. 2007 World champion Donald Thomas of Bahamas is going to make his last and record 10th appearance in Banská in his final competitive season. The event will be streamed live on the European Athletics YouTube channel.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh takes HJ win in 2 meters, photo by Kevin Morris for Millrose Games

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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