On Sunday, March 5, in Istanbul (Turkey), the European Athletics Indoor Championships finished, where Ukrainian athletes won four medals. Following the “gold” of Yaroslava Maguchy (high jump), as well as the “bronze” of Roman Kokoschka (shot put) and Ekaterina Tabashnik (high jump), high jumper Andrei Protsenko received a silver medal.
The 34-year-old athlete from Kherson, who spent 40 days in Russian occupation, with a result of 229 cm, lost only to the Dutchman Duve Amels in the sector, who set two personal records (231 cm) during the competition. “Bronze” with a large number of attempts went to the Belgian Thomas Karma (229 cm).
Andrey Protsenko repeated his achievement four years ago when he finished second at the 2019 European Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Also in the collection of the Ukrainian jumper there is a bronze of the world championships in the open air and indoors, as well as silver and bronze medals of the European championships in stadiums.
Earlier, FACTS reported that Andrei Protsenko won the Diamond League stage in Lausanne. .
Source: Fakty
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