A NEW WORLD RECORD!! Massive World Record In Women's High Jump From Yaroslava Mahuchikh - Paris DL

We are so proud of Yaroslava here in Ukraine! Her achievement means so much and not only for sports fans!

No more deserving an athlete. I watched her jump 2.01 in Rome with a bandaged leg and was hoping it wouldn't be a problem by the Olympics. Glad to see those worries were unfounded. I'm not Ukrainian, and I don't know her, but I'm very proud of what she has accomplished. Congratulations!

I've read in an article from BNR Radio Bulgaria that the former record holder Stefka Kostadinova told the new record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh "You are ready for a world record" a month before the world record.

As a Bulgarian, I'm a bit sad that this record was broken, because it was the last world record set by a Bulgarian athlete. The state of our athletics isn't great at the moment and I don't think we'll set another world record for a while. But it was totally deserved and congratulations to the new record holder. Her jump seemed so effortless, I hope she produces something similar in the Olympics.

I started following Mahuchikh when she was around 19 years old, and she was already a very impressive high jumper then with so much potential. I predicted that if she doesn't suffer from an injury, she would eventually challenge the 2.09 Meter record. In spite having so much faith in her abilities, it was still shocking when she finally cleared 2.10. So happy for her.

I was in the stadium for Kostadinova's record. I was beginning to believe it wouldn't be beaten in my lifetime.

I'm a former international track-and-field athlete, a long jumper. Mahuchick is one of my favourite female athletes. When she cleared 2.07 so cleanly, I thought:" She would have cleared 2.10 with that jump". And I shouted inwardly "go for the world record". And sure enough, she broke the world record, with the slightest of brushes on the bar, similarly to how Konstantinova cleared 2.09 in 1987.

Already when she was a couple years younger she sometimes jumped over 1.95 or 2 m with so much space below her that one could only shake one's head. Incredibly talented. Congratulations

Congratulations Yaroslava!! You are a true champion! I first saw you jump as a young 18 year old in Doha with an astonishing 2.04 that brought you a World Silver. Then the world saw you jump indoors at 2.06 and we all knew and believed you had the potential and the destiny to break this longstanding and seemingly insurmountable WR of 2.09. And today you did it, and you did it with the joy and the effortless style that is your true gift. The bar at 2.10 seemed barely an obstacle as you took flight and in the blink of an eye you were over!! So proud of you, the world is proud of you and you have given your fellow Ukrainians cause to celebrate!! You did it!!! Congratulations again!!!

To break the high jump record that had stood for 40 years . . . freaking incredible . . . to both the previous record holder and the new record holder. Just incredible.

What a week for sport, Mark Cavandish breaks the most incredible record in world sport, 35 stage wins of the Tour de France, beating Merck’s record, a record we all thought would never be beaten esp in the modern era where standards are so high and the differences between athletes so close. Then 8 times world champion wins the UK Grand prix, against so much odds, esp when the establishment in motor racing are against him. By this time I have now lost my voice from screaming at the T. Now blondie, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, broke the women’s high jump record that has stood since 1987. The Slave broke a record no one thought could ever be broken. A record that was set before all the modern drugs were available and yet still stood while all the modern drugs were being taken, now with all the testing and the reduced number of drugs available, most of us thought this record would stand forever. She is literally the perfect athlete for this event and I can see her break the magic seven-foot barrier, she is still so young, the perfect stature and the perfect personality to achieve this. When I watched her break it live, I ran around the outside of the house celebrating, my neighbours already think I am crazy so no damage there. This year just can't get any better.

Congrats to her, it's nice to see Ukraine getting to enjoy a moment like that. 😊🇨🇦

I was there ! The meeting was amazing. So glad I got to witness two crazy wr and the 800 was thrilling too

This meet was absolutely fantastic. 2WRs in the Women’s HJ and 1500 + one of the fastest Men’s 800m in history… you’ve got to cover that insane race! The men’s 800 is quickly shaping up to be the race to watch at the Olympics.

As Bulgarian I can only congratulate Yaroslava and say that human strive is limitless! Great athlete and lots of insane work! Bravo!! Well done!

As someone who lives in Croatia and loves watching athletics, I saw Blanka Vlašić attempt to get that record so many times. I'm glad it was finally achieved and hope Mahuchikh can continue pushing the boundaries.

Damn, 2.10! Congrats from Serbia on breaking world record. One of greatest results in history of athletics! ❤️🇷🇸

I first spotted Yaroslava Mahuchikh when she was 17 and jumping 1.95-1.98 fairly regularly and making appearances in Diamond League meetings. It occurred to me that she would definitely be one to watch. The number one Ukrainian - and world number 2 at the time - was Yulia Levchenko, for whom there was a lot of enthusiasm. Of the two, I thought Mahuchikh's late teenage performances put her in a better position. Whereas Levchenko had been stuck for three years at 1.92, Mahuckikh was powering through but she was still very young. Then came the World Championships in Doha and Mahuckikh not only jumped 2.00 metres in a major event but set a new world junior record of 2.02 and then upped it further to 2.04 in the same event, finishing with a silver medal. She had turned 18 only two weeks earlier. A couple of years ago she jumped 2.06 indoors. Fast forward to this week and it was at this event in Paris that she upped her personal best to 2.07. Then she jumped 2.10 on her first attempt and the rest is history. At the time of her Doha silver medal I described her as 'a once in forty year talent' and I've stood by that, even if her successes seemed to be less consistent than I expected. That said, there was really nobody I could see seriously challenging her when it came to outright height. If anyone was going to do it, it would be Mahuchikh. And so it goes. If anyone is going to break the old seven foot mark, it's probably her. But world records don't come easily and the fact that it took 37 years to break Kostadinova's record is something of a pointer to what we can realistically expect. It might not sound like much but 3 cms is a long way in an event like the high jump. For the record, I was actually able to name all ten of the women who have done 2.05 or better without looking them up. I think I have the heights right: Babakova 2.05 (her national record was broken when Mahuchikh jumped 2.07 and then again when she jumped 2.10) Chicherova 2.07 Hellebaut 2.05 Kostadinova 2.09 Andonova 2.07 Mahuchikh 2.10 Vlasic 2.08 Lasitskene 2.06 Bergquist 2.08 (indoors) Cloete 2.06 Correct me if I'm wrong.

Congratulations to Yaroslava Mahuchikh on her amazing record setting achievement. I was not surprised at all as I knew she would set record sooner or later. I hope she gets the Gold in Paris. Slava Ukraine!!!

Big congrats from Czech Republic!!