| The defending champion had a new name and a new affiliation but won the same title again. In March 2017 she married Vladas Lasitskas and Kuchina became Lasitsken . Then in April she was cleared by the IAAF Doping Review Board to compete as a neutral international athlete (the Russian Federation being suspended from international athletics because of mass doping violations). Only Lasitsken had cleared 2.00 during the year, 15 times in 11 competitions, with a best of 2.06. She was one of six clear at 1.95, but after 1.97 the field was down to three Ls: In draw order, Liwinko, Lasitsken & Levchenko. At 1.99, only the neutral failed first time. Order was restored when she then passed to 2.01 and cleared that height immediately. Levchenko made 2.01, a personal best, on her second try while the Pole failed twice before taking her third at 2.03. Lasitsken settled matters with the only clean jump at 2.03, before trying 2.08. |
