High jump at the World Athletics Championships

Tihomir Ivanov from Bulgaria has secured a spot in the men's high jump final at the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games in Paris. The 30-year-old, making his third Olympic appearance, cleared 2.24 meters on his second attempt to place among the top 12 finalists.

Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, advanced to the final of the Paris Olympics with an 8.32-meter jump. He will compete on Tuesday.

In other events, Greek high jumper Tatiana Gusin and hammer thrower Christos Frantzeskakis will make their Olympic final debuts.

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh has broken Stefka Kostadinova's long-standing world record in the women's high jump. The 22-year-old Mahuchikh cleared 2.10 meters on her first attempt at this height during the Diamond League athletics tournament in Paris, as reported by BTA.

Background

On August 30, 1987, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Stefka Kostadinova set a new world record by clearing 2.09m. Her previous best was also her own record of 2.08m, achieved in 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

ROME - Serbian Angelina Topic won the silver medal in the women's high jump event at the European Athletics Championships in Rome on Sunday evening.

With a 1.97 m jump in the final, Topic finished behind Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh (2.01 m) and ahead of Ukraine's Iryna Geraschenko (1.95 m)

Mirela Demireva won first place in the women's high jump at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul. The athlete managed to overcome a height of 1.89 meters on her second attempt, after successfully clearing heights of 1.80 meters, 1.83 meters, and 1.86 meters on her first attempt.