MOSCOW, Aug 5, Andrey Simonenko. Olympic high jump champion Russian Maria Lasitskene said in an interview that she sent letters not only to the silver medalist of the 2022 World Championships, Ukrainian Yaroslava Maguchikh, but also to her other compatriots. Maguchikh previously told the media that Lasitskene wrote her a letter after the championship peace in the American Eugene, where Russian athletes were not allowed against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine. «I not only wrote to her. I don’t want to say names so that they don’t put additional pressure on the girls. I talked to one of the Ukrainians online. I sent a long letter to Yaroslava after her silver medal at the World Championships. Apparently, it has been read. There has been no answer yet. In general, I congratulated all the girls — winners of the World Championships. Everyone answered, except Yaroslava,» Lasitskene said. «She wrote that I admire her fortitude. And tried to explain her, what is in me, what is with me. She apologized for writing just now, explained why. And ended like this: “Most likely, you won’t understand me.” But she didn’t must understand me. Nobody should,» the Russian woman added. Read the full interview with Maria Lasitskene on the website rsport.ria.ru.
