World Athletics Indoor Championships: Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins emotional high jump gold

The women's high jump gold was won by Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine.

The 20-year-old, who had to travel from her war-torn home country to reach Serbia, produced a world-leading clearance of 2.02m to claim the title.

The event was described as her own front line, amid the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The crowd cheered as she held her flag.

It was important for me, my family and my country.

I don't think about competition. It was difficult for me to come here because my heart is still in my country, and it was difficult to jump here because of that.

I think I have done well for my country because I protect my country on the track. I think it is important for my country.

Australia's Eleanor Patterson won silver and Nadezhda Dubovitskaya took the bronze medal, while Britain's Emily Borthwick finished 10th with a clearance of 1.84m.

With her third and final attempt, she made 2.00m and produced a sensational first-time clearance of 2.02m.

GB's Hodgkinson withdraws

The 800m heats were canceled on Saturday due to a quad injury.

The 20-year-old won an Olympic silver medal in the discipline in Tokyo last year.

The heats for the 4x400m will take place on Sunday in Serbia.

In February, Hodgkinson set a new British record in the 800m at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix.

Jenny Selman narrowly missed out on the 800m final, finishing third in her heat in two minutes 02.00 seconds, one hundredth of a second behind Canada's Lindsey Butterworth.

In the men's 1500m, Neil Gourley won his heat in three minutes 42.79 seconds to qualify for the final, however George Mills missed out as he finished seventh in his race in a time of 3: