Three-time world champion high jumper Maria Lasitskene shined in her Olympic debut on Saturday, winning a gold medal in the high jump final at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. This marked the Russian ...

DOHA (Reuters) - Maria Lasitskene became the first woman to win a third world high jump title, gracefully clearing 2.04 meters on Monday to bring Russia's neutral athletes a second gold in two days.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Barred from international competition for nearly 17 months because of the Russian doping scandal, high jumper Maria Lasitskene could threaten the world record at the world ...

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Russian athlete Maria Lasitskene, the world and European champion in high jump, said on Tuesday she would leave Russia to train abroad in case the Russian Anti-Doping ...

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships Ð womenÕs high jump victory ceremony Ð London Stadium, London, Britain Ð August 12, 2017 Ð Neutral athlete Maria Lasitskene (Gold) poses with the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian high jump world champion Maria Lasitskene on Tuesday accused her country's own sports authorities of failing to protect athletes from the deepening doping crisis, in a rare ...