Russia (bbabo.net), - High jumper Maria Lasitskene and pole vaulter Angelica Sidorova became the best athletes of the year according to the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF).
Maria Lasitskene, who won the world championships three times in a row, was injured shortly before the Olympic Games. Maria managed to recover, but her results fell predictably. So, in Tokyo, she rode not in her usual role of a favorite and an iron contender for gold, but rather a dark horse. But Lasickene showed character and won the Olympic title. And a little later, she won her fifth victory in the final of the Diamond League and topped the top list of the world season with a score of 2.05 meters.
Angelica Sidorova won a silver medal at the Games, although she was ready to rise to the highest step of the podium. Which she proved in the final of the Diamond League in Zurich. There she took the symbolic height of 5 meters, breaking the bar at around 5.01.
The best coach of the year was Maria Lasitskene's mentor Gennady Gabrilyan. World and European champion among juniors in discus throw Violetta Ignatieva and silver medalist of the world championship among juniors in 400 meters hurdles Denis Novoseltsev were named Rising Stars.
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