Ukrainian high jumper wins emotional gold
Sport
00:35 20 Mar, 2022
Ukrainian high jumper won gold medal
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh has won an emotional gold at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
Qazet.az reports that it had taken the 20-year-old three days to get from Ukraine to the Serbian capital.
The crowd cheered as she held her country's flag aloft in celebration.
"It's a very important thing for my country," Mahuchikh told BBC Sport. "For me, coming here was difficult - three days by car - and to jump here was so difficult psychologically because my heart remains in my country.