Lasitskene 2.00m, Akimenko 2.31m

Maria jumped well today. The jumo over 2m is great. pic.twitter.com/f4kTIcQnmH
— Alfonz Juck (@emenews) January 24, 2021

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MOSCOW (RUS, Jan 24): Triple World champion Mariya Lasitskene went over 2 meters in first attempt with some space at the Battle of the Sexes event. She also tried at 203. Second Kristina Korolyova 193 ahead of Darya Slepova and Anna Chicherova both 190. In the battle of sexes men scored 3501 points over women 3490. World medalist Mikhail Akimenko cleared in third attempt 231 and equalled his PB. Then he tried once at 233 and twice at 235 to try to get more points. Danyil Tsyplakov as second went over 229 and another World medalist Ilya Ivanyuk got 226.

Mariya Lasitskene ðŸ”™ðŸ”›ðŸ”
The Russian high jumper records her first 2m jump in almost a year at the Battle of the Sexes meet in Moscow. It’s going to take some big performances to prevent a Lasistkene-Levchenko-Mahuchikh top three if and when the Olympics goes ahead this summer! pic.twitter.com/6syjYunC8D
— BadlyDrawnAthletics (@AthleticsBadly) January 24, 2021

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