Russia's High Jumper Lasitskene Soars 2m to Win European Gold in Berlin

BERLIN (Sputnik) - Russia's Mariya Lasitskene on Friday won the women high jump event at the Berlin 2018 European Championships.
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Lasitskene, who is the reigning world champion, and Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria showed the same result — 2 meters, but the Russian athlete took this height on the second attempt, while her Bulgarian rival — on the third. The bronze went to Germany's Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (1.96m).

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Lasitskene and Demireva subsequently declared a height of 2.04 meters, but failed to conquer it.

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Russian athletes compete at the European Championships in a neutral status due to the suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation by the International Association of Athletics Federations over 2015 allegations of a state-run doping scheme.

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