Olympics-Athletics-Emotional Lasitskene soars to high jump gold


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's High Jump - Final - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Mariya Lasitskene of the Russian Olympic Committee celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

TOKYO (Reuters) -Russian Mariya Lasitskene added Olympic gold to her three world titles, winning the women's high jump at the Tokyo Games with a leap of 2.04 metres on Saturday.

Australia's Nicola McDermott won silver with 2.02 metres and Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh claimed the bronze with 2.00.

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