Ukrainian gold medalist vows to donate prize money to army, volunteers | ABS-CBN News
Ukraine’s Olympic gold medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh said on Monday (August 5) that she would donate some of her prize money to the Ukrainian army and volunteers.
Mahuchikh won the women’s Olympic high jump gold medal on Sunday (August 4), clearing two meters in front of an adoring crowd at the Stade de France.
Australian Nicola Olyslagers took silver and Ukraine’s Iryna Gerashchenko and Australian Eleanor Patterson shared the bronze.
It was a successful night for Ukraine as Mykhaylo Kokhan also secured a bronze medal in the men’s hammer throw.
Mahuchikh fled her home in Dnipro after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 but has kept her competitive career going and claimed Olympic gold weeks after breaking a world record that had stood since 1987 with a leap of 2.10. -Report from Reuters
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11 comments
Ukraine athletes are really proud of Ukraine..we salute you
A noble acts by Ukrainian Olympic gold medallist. Donating the cash prizes to Ukrainian army.Youre an unsung heroes.
ang ganda nya
Dpt ganon din si yulo mg donate sa ating mga sundalo nga ngbabantay sa west philippine sea.
What an amazing achievement of these athletes bringing light to the darkness brought on to Ukraine by a puny little man with ambitions of being a Tsar.
I noticed that Mahuchikh as a teenager looked more like Ingrid Bergman, but now she looks more and more like Brooke Shields.
She is such a great person! She had to flee when russia has started the full svale invasion of Ukraine… Running for 3 days, hiding.
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👍👍👍🎖🎖🎖🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🏆🏆
Great lady
God blessed Ukraine 🙏🇵🇭🇺🇦
Very sad that Yulia Levchenko did not make it to the final (also very beautiful, by the way). Her hometown Bakhmut was destroyed, it affected her very badly…