Nicola Olyslagers matched her second-placed finish from the Tokyo Games, while teammate Eleanor Patterson shared the bronze medal.
Nicola Olyslagers matched her second-placed finish from the Tokyo Games, while teammate Eleanor Patterson shared the bronze medal with Iryna Gerashchenko of Ukraine.
Soaring to the gold was Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee her country due to the war with Russia. It was Ukraine’s first individual gold of the Games, following a victory in women’s team saber fencing. Mahuchikh cleared 2.00 meters to finish ahead of Olyslagers, who also cleared 2.00 but then failed at all three of her attempts at 2.02. Patterson and Gerashchenko both cleared 1.95.
The four women’s high jump medallists : Eleanor Patterson, Iryna Gerashchenko, Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Nicola Olyslagers.This is the second major championship in a row that Australia has won silver and bronze medals behind Mahuchikh. Mahuchikh is from Dnipro, a city of nearly 1 million located only about 100 kilometres from the front lines of the war.
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