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Jake Wightman's stunning 1,500-meter win makes for surreal family moment

EUGENE, Ore. — In the uppermost row of Hayward Field's section 222, Geoff Wightman looked away from the men's 1,500-meter medal ceremony taking place on the track two decks of grandstands beneath him and allowed his gaze to drift into the Coburg Hills. He blinked twice, breathed deeply once and,…

Los Angeles Times

For Ukrainian High Jumper, World Silver Feels Like Gold

The second-place finish at world championships was beside the point for Ukraine's best high jumper, Yaroslava Mahuchikh. "For me, it's gold," she said Tuesday night, as she looked down at her newly won prize, one nobody would have been right to expect four months ago after she took a three-day…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mark Zeigler: Ban Russian athletes if want, but not because of Ukraine invasion

EUGENE, Ore. — In an interview four years ago, 16-year-old Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh was asked to name her sporting hero.

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Ukraine on her mind as high jumper goes for gold at worlds

It took three days by car for high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh to escape from Ukraine

The Independent UK

On U.S. soil, Ukraine's athletes bring message: 'We protect our country on the track'

LOS ANGELES — The acting president of Ukraine's track and field federation logged into the Zoom meeting from his olive-green tent near the front lines, the country's yellow and blue flag in the background.

Los Angeles Times

World Athletics Championships: Ten to watch as Sydney McLaughlin and Mondo Duplantis look set to shine

The World Athletics Championships get underway in Oregon, USA on Friday, with the planet’s best athletes descending on one of track and field’s most iconic venues in Hayward Field.

Evening Standard

Mark Zeigler: Ukraine track team escapes horrors of war at Chula Vista training center

SAN DIEGO — Viktor Bryzhin and Olga Vladykina won Olympic track gold medals for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea. Bryzhin was on the 4x100-meter relay team. Vladykina won the individual 400 meters and got the baton in the anchor leg of the 4x400…

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Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh has no sympathy for Russians banned from World Athletics Championships

Ukrainian high-jump star Yaroslava Mahuchikh says there is no place for Russian “killers” at this month’s World Athletics Championships.

Evening Standard

Three podium places for Diamond Aussies

Three Australians - Nina Kennedy, Matt Denny and Nicola Olyslagers - have earned podium places at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat.

AAP

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins emotional gold at World Athletics Indoor Championships after fleeing homeland

Yaroslava Mahuchikh out-jumped Aussie Eleanor Patterson to claim gold three weeks after fleeing her home in Dnipro as Russia's invasion escalated.

ABC News

Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins high jump gold after three-day drive from Ukraine

The 20-year-old said ‘my heart remains in my country’ after taking the title in Belgrade

The Independent UK

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