Originally posted Sept. 8, 2019, at The MATCH
Reposted July 27, 2022
Mariya Lasitkene won the Tokyo Olympics, but due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, World Athletics did not let her compete, or any other Russian or Belarussian athletes compete, in the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
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Mariya Lasitskene is the genius of her event, the high jump. Elegant, focused, and extremely competitive, Lasistekene has gone 2.06m this year, and she is without peers at this time. Can she get the world record? We will just have to wait and see!
Mariya cleared 2 meters seven times in her ten competitions in 2019. Her best in 2019: A 2.06m on June 20, and a 2.04 on June 30.
Mariya Lasitskene, Lausanne 2019, photo by PhotoRun.net
Our interview was relaxed, even with Piotr Lisek photo bombing Mariya Lasitsekene and her translator, Elizaveta Gordeevar, the Media Director for The Match and the Belarussian Federation.
