sure, convinced While she was on and off the track, Ana Peleteiro settled for her place in the triple jump final, where today (8:20 pm) she will try to continue her bronze medal in Tokyo, who knows if with a gold. This is the best time of his career and it seems that he has come to it at a particularly sweet moment, both sporting and personal.
The Galician jumper, European champion two months ago in Rome, qualified for the final in less than 20 seconds: a single jump. He reached 14.36 meters, one centimeter more than the mark required to enter the final (14.35). He left 14 centimeters on the board and gave the impression that there is room to improve a lot in a final that will surely set the gold bar at a mark of around 15 meters. His Spanish record, since he won Olympic bronze three years ago, is 14.87. His best score this year, 14.85.
His rivals also sharpened their weapons yesterday: the Jamaican Shaniecka Riketts jumped a little more (14.47), the Cuban Leyanis Pérez, the youngest of the favorites (22 years old), was the best of the day ( 14.68), and the Ukrainian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk also did enough (14.30) not to get tired.
“Enough, nothing more is needed. Duties done,” said Peleteiro in the mixed zone. He was amazed by the atmosphere in the stadium: “I was like Taylor Swift at the Bernabéu. For me, a whole stadium is like a performance. In fact, I was a little nervous and the rhythm of the clapping helped me calm my heart rate and do my homework.”
After motherhood, even better
Ana returned to competition last year after giving birth to her first daughter, Lúa, the result of her relationship with French jumper Benjamin Campaoré. And in case there were doubts about her ability to return to the highest level after more than a year off due to maternity, she is having a great season with gold at the European Championships and a bronze at the World Indoor Championships, and he came to his best moment in the great challenge of Paris. Furthermore, the loss due to injury of the great favorite, defending champion and world record holder, his friend and training partner Yulimar Rojas, gives him yet another chance to fight for the gold. The final, yes, will be more equal than the ones the Venezuelan starred in before his injury.
“I think I’m a better athlete and person than I was three years ago,” Peleteiro said before arriving at the Games. Although she sometimes doubted whether she would be able to return to the same level as before her pregnancy, her coach, the legendary Ivan Pedroso, instilled in her the belief that she would return in better form, and he did it. “For me, motherhood was wonderful, it didn’t give me any problems. I love being a sports mom. And since I gave birth I have been preparing to become an Olympic champion, although the fact that Yulimar is not there is no guarantee, we have to fight for it.”
This optimistic and vitalist Peleteiro, who cares about the teaching work of his therapist Rebeca López, will go for the medal in everything. And if possible, gold. He doesn’t want anything to get in his way, to the point where he decides to shut down his social networks during the Games to better maintain concentration. He, who is one of the most established Spanish sports ‘influencers’ in the networks
Source: La Verdad
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