Ana Peleteirobronze medalist in the triple jump at the Tokyo Olympics, will compete on June 21 at the Madrid Meeting, in the World Athletics silver continental categoryin a competition that will be the key to achieving the minimums and points for the world ranking that gives access to Games in Paris.
Peleteiro once again monopolized all the spotlights in Vallehermoso upon returning to the capital a year after winning for the first time in Madridin one of her first tournaments after becoming a mother.
The current world indoor bronze medalist will be the favorite to win a top-level European competition where the Turkish will also be present. Tugba Danismaz and the Italian Daria Derkach, indoor continental champion and runner-up in 2023. In addition, three other registered athletes know what it means to exceed fourteen meters in the triple: the Bulgarian Gabriela Petrova (14.66), the Slovenian Neja Filipino (14.42) and the Ukrainian Maria Siney (14.12).
This is 2024, just one year after giving birthAna Peleteiro regained her best version, winning her second world indoor bronze in Glasgow with 14.75 metersthe second longest jump of his career (after Spanish record of 14.87 meters that earned him Olympic bronze in Tokyo) and the best Spanish mark ever achieved on an indoor track. Furthermore, 14.75 meters placed Peleteiro in fourth position in the year’s world ranking.
After a two-month break from competition after the World Cup in Glasgow, the Spaniard began his outdoor season on May 15 in Tenerife, where he won with 13.82 meters despite bad weather conditions. A week later he won again. this time in Castellón, with a record of 14.28.
This is the third time Ana Peleteiro will compete in Madrid at the Vallehermoso Meeting. In 2021 he finished fifth with an air jump of 14.39 meters in one of his last competitions before he won bronze at the Olympic Games and In 2023 he won the victory, unleashing madness with a best jump of 14.15 meters, beat Derkach by a centimeter, who will again be one of his great rivals in Madrid.
Source: La Verdad
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