For Lasitskene it was more important to get ready for the summer, as she had had the qualification for the London 2012 Olympics in mind for quite a long time. Lasitskene’s junior campaign started with a bang. “I don’t want to look back, because it’s impossible to change something there. So did the home favourite, Kamila Licwinko. All our relatives and close friends were there. However, she was barred from competing when the CAS upheld their decision to ban the Russian Track and Field Federation from the Games for systematic doping. However, her dreams were cut short in October 2015, when the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) Independent Commission carried out an investigation into the activities of the Russian Athletics Federation, the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and the Russian sports ministry. The first two on the list went smoothly, bringing two more gold medals to Maria’s collection. Lasitskene was barred from the 2016 Olympics after Russia was banned from the games over the country's doping scandal. Her first attempt was almost perfect, but the bar didn’t stay in place. Why not? While the most titled competitor in the field, Spain’s Ruth Beitia, was successful from the first try, setting her season’s best. This time, 21-year-old Maria cleared 2.00m, leaving Beitia in third place and capturing the Diamond League trophy. Lasitskene placed seventh at the National Trials and only took bronze at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona with 1.88m. “Our wedding day was really beautiful. That year Lasitskene back returned to work exclusively with her first coach, Gabrilyan and works with him to this day. Image: IAAF/Getty, Mariya Lasitskene celebrates winning gold. Following her World Championships win, Lasitskene was among the leading hopefuls to win the Olympic title at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the World Championships Beijing 2015, Lasitskene defeated her more senior rivals - two-time former world champion Blanka Vlasic and Anna Chicherova - in a high-class final. “Jumping 1.88m at the World Championships is awful. Mariya Lasitskene makes history as she becomes the first high jumper to become 3 TIMES WORLD CHAMPION!!! The World Indoors were eventful for the young Russian. The Russian was victorious again. But Lasitskene has since been allowed to compete as a neutral athlete, a status handed to athletes who are deemed to be above suspicion by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The next competition on Lasitskene’s agenda was the World Universiade in Kazan. And I had my principal rival Trost in the sector. Now I'm living and training in two cities – Prokhladny and Moscow. I’m sure they will be thrilling and fantastic. ©2019 World Athletics. At the Russian Championships, Lasitskene was fourth with 1.92m, losing on countback to Yelena Slesarenko, and missed out on a team berth for the Moscow 2013 World Championships. The 18-year-old athlete cleared 1.92m and 1.94m from the first try and then jumped 1.97m in her second attempt to win the meet and set the World Indoor Junior best. At the Youth Olympics in Singapore, two months later, Lasitskene was stronger once again, taking the gold with a 1.89m clearance. Just 11 days later, Lasitskene was back at the Letzigrund stadium in Zürich for the Diamond League final. In Sopot, Maria soared above the bar at 2.00m in her first attempt. I remember how I cried every time I caught cold and wasn’t allowed to go to training,” smiled Lasitskene. In April 2017, Lasitskene’s application to compete as a neutral athlete until Russia is reinstated was accepted and Maria was allowed to resume competition despite the federation's ban. 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