Maria Laecken

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TASS, 4 August. Double world champion in the high jump Maria Laecken will arrive on the European championship in Berlin on 6 August, the leader of a world season in run on 110 meters hurdles Sergey Shubenkov – 7-th. This was reported by TASS press attache of the Russian athletics Federation (vfla) Natalia Yukhareva.

The European championship will be held in Berlin from 6 to 12 August. It will be attended by 29 Russian athletes that have previously received from the International Association of athletics federations (IAAF) neutral status. The first Russians arrived in Berlin hammer thrower Alex Socinski.

“Maria Laecken will arrive in Berlin August 6, Sergey Shubenkov – seventh number, the vaulter Sidorova – five,” said Whereva.

Laecken is a two-time world champion (2015, 2017), silver medalist of European championship (2014 ). In the asset Shubenkov there are three medals of the summer world Championships (bronze 2012, gold 2015 silver and 2017), he is a double European champion (2012, 2014). Sidorova is the winner of the summer TH in 2014 and the silver medal at the winter world championship of 2018.