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What Gravity Challenge 2025 Results: Mahuchikh and Woo Take Home Gold

Editorial staffMay 10, 2025

Doha – Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Woo Sang-hyeok took home gold in the second edition of the What Gravity Challenge held in Doha yesterday evening. They won the competition with jumps of 2.02m and 2.29m in the women’s and men’s sections respectively. The World Athletics Silver Tour event showcased some of the world’s top high jump talent […]

Here are The Start Lists for Barshim’s “What Gravity Challenge”

Editorial staffMay 8, 2025

The second edition of the “What Gravity Challenge,” the passion project of Qatari high jumper Mutaz Barshim, is slated to take place this Friday on May 9th. Doors open at the iconic Katara Amphitheater in Doha at 3:00 p.m. local time, and the jumping gets underway at 5:00 p.m. This year’s edition will see the […]

Yaroslava Mahuchikh Is Already the World Record Holder, But Are Higher Jumps on the Horizon?

Editorial staffMay 5, 2025

Records are meant to be broken, even if some records seem like they aren’t. Until Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s world record-breaking jump last summer at the Paris Diamond League Meeting, the previous women’s high jump world record persisted for 37 years. And even then, the mark only increased by one centimeter. To put in perspective how long […]