the valencian Fatima Diame stayed eliminated in the length of the qualifying round of Istanbul Indoor Europeans (Turkey) by staying, with a better jump of 6.48 meters, four centimeters of the cut to be among the eight best contenders for medals.
Diame, 26, is looking for his second indoor continental final, after the one he played two years ago in 2021 in Torun (Poland), but he will not reach his goal.
The Valencia athlete, trained by the Cuban Ivan Pedroso, started his contest with zero, then jumped 6.48 and finished with one at 5.72.
“When I feel warm I feel good. The first jump was null, it was a bit long to enter the final, the second I entered with fear, I was left behind, and at the end, when I hit, my foot sank. They are better than me and that is the explanation,” said Fatima at the end of her competition.
The best jump in the entire qualifying round was given by the Serbian Ivana Vuleta with 6.98. Joining her in the final will be German Malaika Mihambo, Swedish Khaddi Sagna, British Jazmin Sawyers, Swiss Annik Kalin, Italian Larissa Iapichino, Portuguese Evelise Veiga and Romanian Alina Rotaru-Kottmann.
Source: La Verdad
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