World Championships in Athletics 1995 - Women's High Jump Final 

No, she gave birth a few months prior to the 1995 WC.

No, the world championship in 1995 was after she gave birth.

Sadly, Kostandinowa also had an episode of doping.

@@MsSlucyna interesting, I didn't know that. Steroids add muscularity which is really helpful in a lot of strength events but less so in technical events like the high jump. Other kinds of PEDs I don't know much about.

@@pukulu Those were the days...the same story as with Marlene Ottey, an extraordinary talented athlete. She admitted having been doped for a while when she realised that competing clean she wouldn't have had any chance among all East Germans, Griffit-Joyners etc. Stefka also got tempted at some point. Besides, Bulgarians like Jordanka Donkowa used to be stuffed up their nostrils.

@@MsSlucyna Merlene Ottey did not adversely affect her health by using PEDs. She remained healthy and fit well into her 40s and early 50s. She looked feminine but strong.

@@pukulu Exactly

Yes, but Kostadinova is magnificent in every sense. Nothing but sheer power and grace and ferocity...everything you need to be the absolute best in this evernt.

It is true that back then more people would attend.But at big events stadiums nowadays are also full.Probably it has something to do with technology and better isolation.

Olympics and athletics in general fell off. Even athletes are saying that they cant believe people still attend. Social media and the fact everything is accesible people became too lazy to go to events or simply found another way of entertaining themselves.

They were only competitive for a few years...late 80s-early 90s. Haven't seen anything from that system since.

@@kurtfrancis4621 Silvia Costa was getting old, and Quintero had a serious injury shortly after winning the world title and was never the same after.

Uhhh,,,VITA kyo you aren't real sharp are you? All of them are/were married with children. Just to make your day, Kostadinova has been married twice, had a son with her first husband, and is the current chair of the Bulgarian National Olympic Committe. She is married to her second husband at this time. Just because these women are tall and slim does not make them transpeople. They are all pretty robust heterosexual women. Ironically the only out lesbian high jumper is the straight man's favourite, Kajsa Bergqvist

Helen Van Cougat I'm so sorry , its so hard to tell without a chromosom analyze ... Analyze they still don't use to figure out , but this might be due to the number of transgenders in the Olympic Committee . Instead of finding out the biological sex of the person with 100% certainty , they use criterions like hormones levels & how much the athlete "feels" being a woman , which is the best way not to find out . I must conclude that there is no will from the authorities to ban transgenders from female's competitions , & that will destroy women's sports contests & in the future , all women's world records will be held by men ( it's already the case for some of them ) ... I've been looking for photos of these athletes being pregnant , but i couldn't find any ...

@@vitakyo982 so you are saying giving birth is not proof enough...Kostadinova gave birth to her child without any assistance whatsoever. not even IVF. how crazy are you?

Being tall and slender does not make you a man, on the contrary. In fact, high jumpers make the most feminine group of athletes, and the most attractive one.

I bet the only jumping this guy does is when his wife comes home from work and tells him to make her dinner.