CNN —World records have fallen at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Sunday – less than a month before the Olympic Games start in the French capital.
The crowd at Stade Charléty enjoyed their first world record of the day when Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the women’s high jump record.
“Finally, I signed Ukraine into the history of world athletics.”Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the world record in the women's high jump.
Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty ImagesIf fans thought they were lucky to see one world record broken, it wasn’t long before they saw a second tumble.
“I knew the world record was possible because I recently ran very fast in Kenya,” said Kipyegon, per World Athletics.
Persons:
Stade Charléty, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Mahuchikh, ” Mahuchikh, Geoffroy Van der, Faith Kipyegon, Kipyegon, Jessica Hull, “, ”
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CNN, Diamond League, Olympic, Stade, Reuters, Getty, ”
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Paris, Bulgarian, Ukraine, Geoffroy Van der Hasselt, AFP, pacemakers, Hull, Kenya