The athletics history books were rewritten on a stunning afternoon in Paris on Sunday, as both Faith Kipyegon and Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke new world records at the eighth Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mahuchikh took down one of the longest-standing world records on the books, clearing 2.10m to win the high jump. Kipyegon, meanwhile, revised her own world record with 3:49.04 in the 1500m in what turned out to be one of the deepest races of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Kipyegon and Lamecha Girma’s exploits last year, it was the second season in a row that the Meeting de Paris had delivered two world records on a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh saw off the challenge of world indoor champion Nicola Olyaslagers, who had matched Mahuchikh at 2.01m, both women clearing it on their second attempts. Australia\u2019s Olyslagers failed three times at 2.03m, but Mahuchikh got over it on her second try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With victory secured, Mahuchikh moved the bar up to 2.07m and once again cleared it on her second jump, doing so with room to spare to set a Ukrainian record. She then had the bar raised to 2.10m \u2013 one centimetre higher than the world record set by Stefka Kostadinova at the 1987 World Championships \u2013 and cleared it on her first try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cComing into this competition, I had feelings that I could jump 2.07m and maybe 2.10m,\u201d said Mahuchikh. \u201cFinally I signed Ukraine to the history of world athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n