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High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the gold medal in the women's high jump at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Mahuchikh completed the final at a height of 2 meters and 4 centimetres, in the final the Ukrainian beat the Australian Nicola Olyslagers.

Mahuchikh is a world record holder, Olympic champion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of the 2020 Summer Olympics, European Indoor Athletics Champion (2021), European Junior champion, world and European Youth champion, world record holder (2024) and world junior record holder (under-20 group), world champion (2023) and European Champion (2022, 2024).