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The Brussels season finale of the Diamond League, the most prestigious series of track and field meetings, has ended. Ukrainians this year did not win the top prize, but they fairly boosted their personal budgets thanks to prize money.
Traditionally, our strongest discipline is high jump. Four Ukrainians made the podium here: Oleg Doroshchuk, Iryna Herashchenko, Yuliya Levchenko, and the national team leader Yaroslava Mahuchikh, writes 24 Channel.
How much prize money did Ukrainians earn in the Diamond League
Iryna Herashchenko showed fantastic results for her first season back in major competition. The young mother finished second three times, and in the season finale she took 5 place. For each silver, Herashchenko earned 6 thousand dollars, plus 2,5 thousand in Brussels — totaling 20,5 thousand.
Oleg Doroshchuk competed somewhat inconsistently: he won a stage in Monaco, was bronze in Doha and in the Brussels final, and in Silesia he did not make the top three at all. In total, his earnings amounted to 23,5 thousand dollars.
Yuliya Levchenko, with only a gold in Xi’an, practically secured financial success for the season, earning immediately 20 thousand dollars. Other results were more modest: 4 place in Rabat with 3 thousand and twice 500 dollars for 9 places, totaling 24 thousand.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh understandably earned the most: two golds in Rabat and Silesia plus silver in Brussels and London, and one local setback in Zurich with fourth place. The sum is 51 thousand dollars.
It is worth remembering that from the total earnings of 119 thousand dollars, Ukrainians also pay taxes in accordance with the laws of the country where the prize was won. So the net payouts are somewhat smaller.
What next for Ukrainians in the high jump?
The season is not over for all four of our representatives in elite high jump: they managed to qualify for the first-ever Absolute World Championship, which will be held in Hungarian Budapest.
This will be the event with the largest prize fund in the history of track and field: 10 million dollars. The winner will receive 150 thousand, silver will pay 75 thousand, and bronze will bring its owner 40 thousand.
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