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Oleh Doroshchuk, a 24-year-old Ukrainian athlete, has gained the gold medal on the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships within the metropolis of Toruń, Poland.

Supply: Champion, a sports activities information platform inside Ukrainska Pravda's holding firm

Particulars: Twelve athletes competed for medals within the males's excessive leap last, together with Doroshchuk, who gained gold on the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Doroshchuk, South Korea's Woo Sang-hyeok and Jamaica's Raymond Richards all cleared 2.17 m and a couple of.22 m on the first try, whereas the remainder of the finalists already bumped into issues at these heights.

The two.22 m proved past Japan's Naoto Hasegawa and Italy's Christian Falocchi. Poland's Mateusz Kołodziejski, Greece's Antonios Merlos and Algeria's Younes Ayachi all failed 3 times at 2.26 m.

Six finalists went on to 2.30 m. Doroshchuk was the primary to clear that peak, doing so on the primary try. In the course of the leap, the Ukrainian clipped the bar – it shook however stayed in place.

Mexico's Erick Portillo sensationally stayed in competition, setting a private finest by clearing 2.30 m on the third try.

All of the others went out of competition. That included Woo Sang-hyeok, the 2025 world champion, who failed 3 times at 2.30 m and shared bronze with Raymond Richards.

All three of Doroshchuk's makes an attempt at 2.33 m have been unsuccessful, however Erick Portillo additionally didn’t clear the peak. Having required extra makes an attempt general, the Mexican took silver, whereas Doroshchuk claimed his first world title.

2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Males's excessive leap

• 1. Oleh Doroshchuk (Ukraine) – 2.30 m
• 2. Erick Portillo (Mexico) – 2.30 m
• 3. Woo Sang-hyeok (South Korea) – 2.26 m
• 3. Raymond Richards (Jamaica) – 2.26 m

That is Ukraine's first medal within the males's excessive leap on the World Athletics Indoor Championships in 12 years. The final got here when Andrii Protsenko gained silver in 2014, whereas Ukraine had by no means beforehand gained gold within the occasion on the Indoor Championships.

Background:

• On the earlier two world championships, Doroshchuk completed within the prime 5: he got here fourth in 2024 with a leap of two.24 m and positioned fifth final 12 months with 2.28 m.
• It is usually the primary time in historical past that Ukraine has had each the boys's and girls's excessive leap champions on the identical World Championships. Earlier, Yaroslava Mahuchikh gained gold on the 2026 World Indoor Championships, whereas fellow Ukrainian Yuliia Levchenko took silver.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has urged that sooner or later he could be a part of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in blocking the EU's €90 billion mortgage for Ukraine.

Supply: Fico in an interview, as reported by European Pravda, citing Aktuality, a Slovak information web site

Particulars: Fico defended Orbán, who continues to dam approval of the €90 billion mortgage for Ukraine due to the disruption to provides of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline.

"Viktor Orbán is politically proper. Zelenskyy can not run the European Union," he declared.

Fico mentioned a state of affairs may come up sooner or later wherein Slovakia would be a part of Hungary in blocking the mortgage, though he didn’t specify what circumstances would immediate such a transfer.

He reiterated his view that the suspension of oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline is politically motivated and pushed by hostility in direction of Russia and claimed that Russian oil would "strengthen Europe's power safety".

The Slovak prime minister additionally commented on his refusal to journey to Ukraine to satisfy President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying he’s "not suicidal".

"I'm not going to be led by the nostril. You possibly can't say in a single sentence: 'Robert, you might be extraordinarily unpopular in Kyiv, so come to Kyiv, come and go to me.' I'm not that suicidal," Fico mentioned.

Background:

• Fico warned earlier that Slovakia may take additional measures in opposition to Ukraine over the suspension of Russian oil provides.
• Throughout a telephone name on 27 February, Fico and Zelenskyy agreed to carry a gathering, and Ukraine later urged that Fico go to on 6 or 9 March.
• Fico then mentioned he wished to coordinate his place on the Druzhba pipeline with the European Fee earlier than assembly Zelenskyy.

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