The greatest success in the history of Montenegrin athletics - Marija Vuković won silver at the European Championships in Munich!
The former world junior champion achieved the greatest success in the senior competition, jumping 195 centimeters and only because of the greater number of attempts at that height was behind the golden Ukrainian Jaroslava Mahuchih.
Marija performed first and was always on top, because she jumped 182, 186, 190 and 193 centimeters on her first attempt, after which she shared 1st place with the Serbian child prodigy, 17-year-old Angelina Topić.
Apart from the two of them, until then only the first favorite, Mahucich, had a perfect performance, but she decided not to jump to 193.
At 190, the indisposed Yulija Levchenko, a girl who flew over two meters more than once in her career, failed, and at 193, only Brit Verman and Irina Geraščenko jumped on their third attempt.
It was then clear that the best female athlete of Montenegro will be among the five in Europe, and that she will take the medal if the 19-year-old Dutch woman and the eight-year-old Ukrainian woman do not jump a higher height than her.
In the first attempt at 195, Vuković, Geraščenko, Topićeva and Verman were knocked down in order, but Mahuchih was successful and showed that she will not give the gold to anyone.
Marija was the only one to jump 195 on her third attempt and at that moment secured the silver, while Topić got the bronze.
It remained for her to fight for the title at 197, which is her career record, with Mahuči, who was ahead of her, because until then she had never broken the ranking.
Unfortunately, Maria was unsuccessful three times, so the Ukrainian could start the celebration.
Marija also celebrated, who finally got an adequate reward for not giving up, even though after those 191 and the gold in Moncton, Canada in 2010, she wandered for a long time and was light years away from the world elite.
Fortunately, she believed in herself, finally found the right people, above all the Greek woman Joana Sioma, who took her to where she belongs - in the elite.
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