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Mahuchikh and Olyslagers were a class act this year and their record is a testament that 2025 could even be greater.
Rarely have two athletes dominated one event in such a way as Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers.
Of the top 16 winning high jump clearances of 2024, the duo combined to own 13 of them. Olyslagers began her season by equalling her own Oceanian record of 2.03m, then earned her first global gold medal in March, winning the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow when she cleared 1.99m and Mahuchikh could not.
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09:15 - 12.12.2024
'I asked spectators to clap' - Ukrainian Olympic gold medallist on inspiration behind Paris win after breaking long-standing world record
Mahuchikh, 23, broke the the high jump world record in July before winning gold at the Paris Olympics and she gave the intrigues behind her success this year.
Mahuchikh would earn the biggest acclaim of the year, however. In July at the Wanda Diamond League stop in Paris, she jumped a PB of 2.07m, then raised the bar to a world record of 2.10m and cleared it easily on her first attempt. It broke the previous record of 2.09m from 1987 by Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova.
Back in Paris at the Olympics, no one in the final could reach such heights, but Mahuchikh edged Olyslagers on fewer misses. The Ukrainian and Australian stars finished 1-2 at the Wanda Diamond League final, as well, separated again only by countback.
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07:30 - 17.09.2024
'Nairobi is an important place for me' - Olympic champion Mahuchikh on why she owes so much to Kenya's capital
The Ukrainian high jump star explained why Nairobi will forever hold a special place in her heart as she continues dominating the field event.
Muhuchikh told World Athletics before her triumph in Paris that something special was going to happen" “So on the morning of the Paris meeting I was ready, I was in good shape, and I had the feeling that something good should happen – and it happened," she said. "When you come to the stadium, you should be ready to show the results of your work. In sport, the mentality is the most important thing that should be good," she added.
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