Rojas breaks world triple jump record with 15.67m in Tokyo 2020
Rojas breaks world triple jump record with 15.67m in Tokyo

tokyo 2020 alertsYulimar Rojas saved her best for last in the triple jump at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, sailing out to a world record of 15.67m to land Venezuela’s first Olympic title in athletics.

The two-time world champion opened with an Olympic record of 15.41m (1.1m/s) but struggled to match that with her next two attempts, leaping 14.53m in round two and producing a foul – albeit a long one – in round three.

She went beyond 15 metres again in the fourth round, leaping 15.25m, and then recorded another foul in the penultimate round.

By the time Rojas lined up for her final effort, her victory was guaranteed. Portugal’s Patricia Mamona had secured silver with a national record of 15.01m (1.0m/s) and Spain’s Ana Peleteiro had jumped a national record of 14.87m for bronze.

With the pressure off and nothing to lose, Rojas nailed her final effort and broke the sand at 15.67m, adding 17 centimetres to the previous world record that had been set at the 1995 World Championships by Ukraine’s Inessa Kravets.

TRIPLE JUMP WOMEN RESULT
POS
BIB
COUNTRY ATHLETE
MARK
REACTION TIME
WIND
1
4006
VEN Yulimar ROJAS
15.67 WR
+0.7
2
3227
POR Patrícia MAMONA
15.01 NR
+1.0
3
1772
ESP Ana PELETEIRO
14.87 NR
+0.5
4
2512
JAM Shanieka RICKETTS
14.84
+0.1
5
1587
CUB Liadagmis POVEA
14.70
+0.1
6
2363
ISR Hanna MINENKO
14.60 SB
+0.6
7
3879
USA Keturah ORJI
14.59
+0.6
8
2532
JAM Kimberly WILLIAMS
14.51
+0.4
9
1922
FRA Rouguy DIALLO
14.38
+0.9
10
1537
COL Caterine IBARGUEN
14.25
+0.7
11
1897
FIN Kristiina MÄKELÄ
14.17
+0.6
12
1679
DMA Thea LAFOND
12.57
+0.8

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