18:32
6 years ago
Duncan Mackay
at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin
Duncan Mackay

Lasitskene favourite to win first gold medal for Authorised Neutral Athletes at Berlin 2018

I am back in the Olympic Stadium for the fourth night of athletics  finals.

The finalists for the women's high jump are just being introduced to the crowd. Few events at these Championships have as clear a favourite as Mariya Lasitskene, who could deliver the first gold medal of these European Athletics Championships for the "Authorised Netural Athletes" team - that is Russia to you and me. 

The double world champion recently went unbeaten for 45 consecutive competitions starting on July 1 in 2016 until her streak was ended at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rabat on June 30. 



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