Olympia: Yulimar Rojas flies to tri-jump world record - Olympic Champion
"I do not find words, I can not describe this feeling and that moment," said the 1.92 meter athletist. "Gold medal winner with an Olympic record and a world record ... Wow! That's a fantastic night."
Rojas trumped the Beststoren of Inessa Krawez at 17 centimeters: The Ukrainian was jumping at the World Championships in 1995 in Gothenburg 15.50 meters. On February 21, 2020, the South American in Madrid had already improved the hall world record held by the Russian Tatjana Lebedewa Hallen world record by seven centimeters to 15.43.
Rojas had already safe with 15.41 meters of gold before the last passage of 15.41, before they jumped further. Silver went with state record to the Portuguese Patricia Mamona (15.01), bronze to the Spaniard Ana Peleteiro (14.87). Caterina Ibarguen, the Olympic Champion of 2016 from Colombia, was only tenth with 14.25 meters this time. Neele Eckhardt-Noack (Göttingen) and Kristin Gierisch (Chemnitz) were excreted in the qualification.
"I knew I had this width today. Technically, I made mistakes today, but at the last jump I have given everything," said the 25-year-old Rojas. "It just makes me happy, I'll enjoy this now and live this experience."
Because of the difficult political situation in Venezuela Rojas already lives in Spain for a long time and starts for the athletics department of the FC Barcelona, the Rojas successfully reported as a breaking news. Your coach is the former Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso, who won four times WM gold and was in 2000 in Sydney Olympic champion.
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