Overview

• Elizaveta “Liza” Gushchina, 45, fell after returning to the platform to take a selfie minutes after a successful rope jump captured on video.
• The fatal plunge occurred from a chimney at an unfinished thermal power plant in Pavlovsk, near St. Petersburg.
• Her son, Nikita, witnessed the incident during a birthday outing that followed her recorded jump.
• Rope-jumping club 23block confirmed her death and said both she and her son were members of its sports team.
• Authorities are investigating the site’s compliance as Russian outlets report she re-climbed without a secured harness and slipped, with some accounts citing an improperly set rope length and a wet board.