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Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh en route to winning the Paris Olympics high jump gold. — AFP

UKRAINE’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh capped the most successful year of her career by winning the Women’s World Field Athlete of the Year award last Sunday but her overriding wish is for peace to reign over her war-torn country.

The 23-year-old high jumper has had an annus mirabilis “competing for her compatriots to give them good vibes”, lighting up Paris on two occasions.

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