Ukrainian track and field athlete Maryna Beh-Romanchuk set a season record and won a gold medal at the multi-sport Euro-2022 tournament in Munich, Germany.
The athlete became the champion of Europe in the triple jump. In the final of the competition, the Ukrainian woman jumped 15.02 meters on her fifth attempt. This result was the best and brought Beh-Romanchuk a gold medal.
The winnersʼ podium looks like this:
- Maryna Beh-Romanchuk (Ukraine) — 15.02 meters;
- Kryshtaleva Mäkelya (Finland) — 14.64 meters;
- Hanna Minenko (Israel) — 14.45 meters.
This is Ukraineʼs first medal in womenʼs triple jump since 2014 and Ukraineʼs best result since 1996.
- The athlete won her first gold at the level of the World and European outdoor championships, in 2018 she won the silver at the Euros in the long jump, and a year later she became the world vice-champion in the same discipline.