the portuguese Peter Paul PichardoOlympic champion, was ratified this Saturday as the best triple jumper of a moment when winning the 17.95 meters The final of the World Championships in Athletics in Oregon.
Pichardo, of Cuban origin, needed only one attempt to achieve the best score of the season and confirmed his good sporting form with two more best jumps in the final; 17.92 on his second attempt, and 17.57 on his third. On the sixth lap, with gold assured, he clocked 17.51.
The champion was accompanied by Hugues Fabrice Zangofrom Burkina Faso, including 17.55and the Chinese Yaming Zhu (17.31), who repeated the podium of the Tokyo Olympics, but with Zango, bronze in Japan, above Zhu, silver. Both produced their best records of the season.
Zango is the second most stable. In addition to his best jump in the first round, he did a 17.49 in the sixth and a 17.38 in the third, while Zhu took the bronze in the second attempt.
The Italians andrea dallavallewith a 17.25 in his first time, and Emmanuel Ihemejewith 17.17 in the last minute, was behind the medalists, in a test where the Cuban Lazaro Martinez was the big disappointment, with three draws leaving him in last place.
Martínez, indoor world champion, had the worst competition of his life and confirmed the poor performance of the Cubans who for the first time in the history of the World Cups will leave without medals.
Another out of form is the American Clay, world runner-up at Doha 2019, who was penultimate with 16.54 meters. the brazilian Admiral Dos Santosthe other Latin American in the competition, finished seventh, with 16.87 meters.
Source: La Verdad
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