Ukrainian Mahuchikh smashes Levchenko's record to claim Diamond League victory
Photo: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Getty Images)
In Silesia, Poland, as part of the ninth stage of the 2025 Diamond League season, women's high jump competitions took place. Ten athletes competed in the sector, including two Ukrainians: world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh and current silver medalist of the Ukrainian Championship, Kateryna Tabashnyk.
Ukrainians before start
For Mahuchikh, this was her sixth start of the season in the commercial athletics series. Earlier, she had won two gold medals (in Xiamen and Shanghai) and two silver medals (in Stockholm and Paris). However, in London, for the first time in three years, she was left without a medal.
Meanwhile, Tabashnyk returned to a Diamond League stage after a year-long break; the last time she competed was in Paris in 2024.
How competition went
Tabashnyk began her performance at a height of 1.75 m, clearing it on her first attempt. She cleared 1.80 m and 1.84 m on her second attempt, and 1.88 m again on her first. However, she failed to clear the next height of 1.91 m and finished the competition in sixth place.
The main favorites of the stage, Mahuchikh and Australia's Nicola Olyslagers, joined the competition at 1.91 m, clearing it on their first attempt. Next, the Ukrainian easily cleared 1.94 m, remaining in contention for victory together with Olyslagers. Both jumpers cleared 1.97 m, but the decisive height was 2.00 m—Mahuchikh cleared it on her second attempt, securing the gold.
Diamond League 2025. Silesia. High jump (women)
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) – 2.00 m
- Nicola Olyslagers (Australia) – 1.97 m
- Imke Onnen (Germany) – 1.91 m
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Kateryna Tabashnyk (Ukraine) – 1.88 m
What the result means
Mahuchikh defeated Olyslagers for the first time in the past three months. In previous stages, the Australian consistently achieved better results than the Olympic champion from Ukraine.
In addition, by clearing 2.00 m, Yaroslava broke the Silesia competition record. Interestingly, the previous record (1.98 m) was set by another Ukrainian, Yuliia Levchenko, in July 2023.
Earlier, we reported what Mahuchikh said about her triumph at the Paris Olympics a year ago.
