Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh named Europe’s best athlete of 2024 – video

Yaroslava Mahuchikh. Stock photo: Getty Images

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh has been recognised as the best athlete of 2024 in Europe.

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company

Details: The Ukrainian athlete received the award during the European Athletics Awards ceremony.

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In addition to the Ukrainian athlete, the final three contenders for the award were two runners: Femke Bol from the Netherlands and Keely Hodgkinson from the United Kingdom.

A historic season! 🫶

Yaroslava Mahuchikh 🇺🇦 is your women’s European Athlete of the Year! 🏆

🥇 European champion
🥇 Olympic champion
📊 World record clearance of 2.10m#GoldenTracks pic.twitter.com/NaLDOuAQzL

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) October 26, 2024

Background:

• In 2024, Mahuchikh claimed the Olympic title in the high jump and set a new world record of 2.10 metres, surpassing Stefka Kostadinova’s long-standing record of 2.09 metres, which had stood since 1987. The Ukrainian also triumphed in the Diamond League for the third consecutive year.
• Notably, in 2022 and 2023, Yaroslava was among the finalists in the nomination but failed to win.

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