Mahuchikh has been training abroad while keeping tabs on the conflict back home
Mahuchikh is outspoken about the role Ukrainian sports can play in giving hope to those fighting for Ukraine's survival
Mahuchikh surpasses Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova's record set in 1987
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh breaks long-standing high jump world record with a leap of 2.10 meters (6.88 feet)
PARIS, FRANCE - In a historic moment at the Paris Diamond League meet on July 7, 2024, Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the long-standing world record in the high jump. With a leap of 2.10 meters (6.88 feet), she surpassed Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova's record set in 1987, making her the new world champion and a strong contender for an Olympic gold medal.
Mahuchikh, who hails from Dnipro, left her hometown shortly after the war with Russia began. She has been training abroad while keeping tabs on the conflict back home. The 22-year-old athlete is outspoken about the role Ukrainian sports can play in giving hope to those fighting for Ukraine's survival.
Meanwhile, in a different corner of the world, former President Donald Trump faced legal challenges as his hush-money conviction was not affected by the US Supreme Court's immunity opinion. The
The legal doctrine 'harmless error' allows the removal of challenged evidence from a trial without changing the verdict if there is still overwhelming proof of guilt.
Trump's lawyers are filing a 330.30 motion based on New York law, which tells criminal trial judges to toss out a verdict if something grievously wrong occurred in the trial and would not survive an appeal.
The grounds for an appellate reversal that Trump's lawyers are using were previously raised pre-trial in March.
The Supreme Court released the majority opinion in Trump v. United States on Monday.
The decision held that presidents enjoy absolute immunity for official acts within their ‘conclusive and preclusive’ constitutional authority and presumptive immunity for all other official acts.
The court dismissed a dangerous legal theory called the independent state legislature doctrine that was one of the cornerstones of Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
The conservative majority made policy choices rather than engaging in close textual analysis, creating barriers to prosecuting presidents for corrupt official acts and blocking enforcement of Section 3 against candidates for federal office without congressional action.
Conservative judges at every level of the judiciary, including at the Supreme Court, rejected Trump’s arguments in previous election challenges in 2020.
Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the world high jump record of 2.09 meters set by Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova in 1987, jumping 2.10 meters in Paris.
Mahuchikh left her hometown of Dnipro shortly after the war with Russia began and has been training in foreign countries while keeping tabs on the war back home.
Mahuchikh is outspoken about the role Ukrainian sports can play to give signs of hope to those fighting for Ukraine’s survival.
