Russia "took away" Maguchikh's title, claiming that the Ukrainian "won gold only because of sanctions"

Russian fans could not stand the success of track and field athlete Yaroslava Maguchikh at the 2024 Olympics. Fans from the Russian Federation threw a real "hysteria" under an article by sports.ru about the Ukrainian's triumph.

The headline "Maguchikh is the best high-altitude climber in history" provoked a strong reaction from sports fans from the Russian Federation. Users believe that Yaroslava has no right to hold such a title because she did not compete with the best. According to commentators, these "best" are banned athletes from Russia.

"You can't become the best in history if you don't allow your strongest competitors to compete. Lasitskene, if anything, jumped 2.04 at the Tokyo Olympics and who knows how much she would have jumped now if the IOC and FILA had not ruined her (and not only her) career." "To be the best in history, you need to fight against the best, and she took gold only because of sanctions against Russian athletes," reads the commentary below the article.

The Russians also made a big deal of comparing Maguchikh's achievements to those of the famous Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.

As a reminder, on August 4, Maguchikh won a gold medal in the high jump at the 2024 Olympic Games. The Ukrainian athlete took first place with a result of 2.00 meters.

Another Ukrainian, Iryna Gerashchenko, was third (195 cm), winning bronze together with Eleanor Patterson (Australia). Mykhailo Kokhan also took third place in the hammer throw tournament.

Later, an explanation of Yaroslava's actions before the victory jump at the 2024 Games appeared.

Later, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba handed Yaroslava a message from Zambian President Hakaindi Hichilema.

On July 7, Maguchikh broke the world record in the women's high jump, which had stood since 1987. At the Diamond League in Paris, our beauty became the first woman in history to jump 2.10m.

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