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She was the only one who exceeded the height of 2.04 m and became an Olympic champion.
Interestingly, for the three-time world champion, it was a debut game. Ms. Lasickienė was considered one of the favorites at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, but due to the manipulation of doping tests, sanctions were imposed on the Russian athletes and the jumper was unable to start in Brazil.
The silver medal was won by the Australian Nicola McDermott (2.02 m), the third – the Ukrainian Jaroslava Magučik – 2.00 m.
14 jump shots competed in the final.
#ROCMariya Lasitskene is the women’s high jump champion. She jumps to the #Gold# Stronger together | # Tokio2020 | @AthleticsWorld | #Athletics pic.twitter.com/GTM6Xp6V6S
– Olympics (@Olympics) August 7, 2021
We remind you that in this match Airinė Palšytė shared 28-30 places of 31 participants with two Kazakhs.
The Lithuanian record holder managed to overcome the height of 186 cm only on the third attempt, and the door to the final was finally hit by all the failed jumps at the 190 cm mark.
M. Lasickienė is the wife of Russian sports journalist Vladas Lasickas. Russian passport-hugging star in 2017 married V. Lasickas, who has Lithuanian roots, and officially changed his last name to Lasickienė.
You can read about family history here: www.delfi.lt/a/74240766.
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