CHEBOKSARY, 3 Aug. Olympic champion in high jump Maria Lasitskene won the Russian championship in athletics, which takes place in Cheboksary.
Lasitskene excelled with a score of 1.94 meters. The second place was taken by Natalya Spiridonova (1.91), the third — by Maria Kochanova (1.91).
Already in the status of the national champion, Lasitskene took a height of 2.00 meters on the third attempt and unsuccessfully tried to reach the mark of 2 three times, 04.
The Russian Athletics Championship will end on August 5th.