The Memorial Van Damme Track & Field Meet is named after Belgian Olympic Athlete Ivo Van Damme who died tragically months after winning the Olympic Silver Medal in both the 800m and 1500m at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. The first "Memorial" took place in 1977.
The Women's High Jump event featured nine athletes, eight of them were Tokyo 2020 Olympians, six of them Olympic Finalists, including the Olympic Podium: Olympic Gold Medalist Mariya Lasitskene (Russia, White Flag), Olympic Silver Medalist Nicola McDermott (Australia), and Olympic Bronze Medalist Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine).
Athletes competing under a White Flag are ANA, ie, Authorized Neutral Athletes.
The Competitors in the Women's High Jump and their Cleared Heights:
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine), 2.02m
Mariya Lasitskene (Russia, White Flag), 2.00m
Nicola McDermott (Australia), 2.00m
Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine), 1.92m
Karyna Demidik (Belarus), 1.92m
Eleanor Patterson (Australia), 1.92m
Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium, Season Best), 1.92m
Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine), 1.88m
Alessia Trost (Italy), 1.80m
Video Editing & Research by: Yours Truly, Carlos G. Monzon-Guzman
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