Huge triple jump dominator in recent years, the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojaswith his third world crown, this Monday was one of the names in capital letters on the fourth day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene (Oregon, USA).
red he took the gold with a mark of 15.47 meters, fifth best in history, which gave him a comfortable victory against the Jamaican. Shanieka Ricketts (14.89) and the American Tori Franklin (14.72).
The 26-year-old Rojas has an impressive track record: three-time world champion in the indoor track and three more in the open air, Olympic gold in Tokyo 2020 and silver in Rio de Janeiro 2016, world record with 15.74 and best world athlete in 2020.
Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim also has three golds in the world, who, after his victories in London 2017 and Doha 2019, also sang victory in Eugene with a record of 2.37 meters (best mark of the year).
The silver went to South Korean Sanghyeok Woo with 2.35 while the bronze went to Ukrainian Andriy Protsenko with 2.33.
Italian Gianmarco Tamberi, who in Tokyo 2020 starred in a pivotal moment by mutually agreeing to share Olympic gold with Barshim, was fourth.
The women’s marathon is about to begin
The day began with the women’s marathon where Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase raced after 40 kilometers to become champion in a time of 2:18:11, a World Cup record.
A day after her compatriot Tamirat Tola won the men’s marathon, Gebreslase defeated Kenyan Judith Korir (2:18:20) and Israeli Lonah Salpeter (2:20:18).
Kipyegon conquered the world after 5 years at 1,500
In the final test of the day, Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, winner of the last two Olympic titles, reclaimed the 1,500-meter world crown five years later by beating Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay in an exciting duel to the end.
Kypiegon won in a time of 3: 52.96 followed by Tsegay with 3: 54.52 and British Laura Muir, who finished third with 3: 55.28.
Soufiane El Bakkali, with 3,000 obstacles
In the 3,000 meters steeplechase, Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali, gold in Tokyo 2020, delivered a spectacular hit on the table in the final lap to get the win in a race where she didn’t lead until the end.
The Moroccan, who went bronze at the 2019 Doha World Cups and silver at the 2017 London World Cups, achieved a time of 8: 25.13 and defeated Ethiopian Lamecha Girma, silver with 8: 26.01; and Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto, who completed the podium with 8: 27.92.
The final of the 3,000-meter steeplechase left one of the anecdotes of the day when a television camera, turned away from the action of the race, stood in the middle of the track and he had to be avoided by runners.
women’s heptathlon
On the other hand, Belgian Nafissatou Thiam, double Olympic champion, won the heptathlon against Dutch Anouk Vetter and American Anna Hall, who won silver and bronze, respectively.
SPANISH OUTSTANDING IN THE FINALS
After a stunning victory on Sunday in the bronze medal in the 110 meter hurdles for Asier Martínez, the Spanish delegation was also there in some finals on Monday.
For example, Claudia Conte, the second Spaniard in history to compete in the heptathlon of a World Cup (the former was Inma Clopés, sixteenth in Athens), finished ninth with 6,194 points, a personal best, with partial hours of 3.65 (personal). best) in 100m hurdles; 1.86 in height (best score of the season), 12.46 in weight; 24.77 (personal best) at 200, 6.00 in length, 44.69 in javelin and 2: 14.14 in 800.
In addition, Marta Pérez, who was present in her second final of the 1,500 meters of a major championship (she was ninth at the Tokyo Games), finished eleventh with 4: 04.25.
Finally, the Spanish representatives in the final of the 3,000 meter steeplechase, which reached the last two laps of the test in the best group, were Daniel Arce, ninth with a time of 8: 30.05; and Sebastián Martos, fourteenth (of the fifteenth) with a record of 8: 36.66.
Source: La Verdad
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