Russia won a second gold at the World Championships in Athletics – RBC

Russia won a second gold at the World Championships in Athletics

Maria Kuchina won the World Cup in Beijing in jumping in height. 22-year-old Russian showed the result of 2,01 meters, setting a personal record.

For Russia, it was the second gold at this world championship. On the eve of Sergei Shubenkov won the sprint at 110 meters hurdles.

Previously, the highest achievement Kuchina were winning the World Cup indoors in 2014 in Sopot, Poland, and the European Championship indoors in 2015 in Prague.

Second, Beijing has become a world champion in 2007 and 2009, the Croatian Blanka Vlasic. Bronze medal was won by Olympic champion London 2012 Russian Anna Chicherova, who was unable to defend the title won two years ago at the World Cup 2013 in Moscow.

All three winners showed the same result, breaking the bar at a height of 2.01 . Kuchin had an advantage due to the smaller number of attempts.

On Friday Shubenkov won the sprint at 110 meters hurdles, beating Jamaican Hensla Parchmenta and Aris Merritt. He ran the distance in 12.98, which was a record for Russia.

The win was the first victory in the history of Russia and the USSR in the discipline. Moreover, gold Shubenkova became only the second medal in this race in the history of the national athletics – at the Moscow world championships, which took place in 2013, the same Shubenkov won the bronze medal.

Total Russian team won in China at present time of four medals ( 2 gold, silver and bronze). At the beginning of the week silver went to Denis Kudryavtsev, who was second in the 400 meters hurdles. As Shubenkov Kudryavtsev Russia set a record.

Beijing (, China). World Championships in Athletics

Women. High jump

1. Maria Kuchina ( Russia) – 2,01

 2. Blanka Vlasic ( Croatia) – 2,01
3. Anna Chicherova ( Russia) – 2,01

 4. Kamila Litsvinko ( Poland) – 1,99

 5. Route Beit ( Spain) – 1,99

 6. Marie-Laurence Yungflyaysh (, Germany) – 1,99