The unbeatable Miltos Tedoglou added one other all-gold circle to his chain of triumphs. The Greek Olympian made the perfect jumps of his life in Rome and received the title of European champion in open observe for the third consecutive occasion.
The 8.65 m, with which Tedoglou sealed his victory, is that this yr’s finest efficiency within the World and was achieved…twice, within the fifth and sixth makes an attempt, in entrance of the surprised viewers of the “everlasting metropolis” and the shocked appears of the his fellow athletes. The opposite three legitimate performances of the pleasant Miltos in tonight’s competitors licensed his absolute superiority: 8.49m, 8.45m, 8.42m. These are the 5 finest jumps of the yr on the planet!
19-year-old Italian Mattia Furlani completed 2nd with 8.38m, nicely behind Tedoglou, though he broke the Youth world report. Swiss decathlete Simon Ehammer took the bronze medal with 8.31m.
Tedoglou celebrated his lengthy bounce with uncommon fervour, however appeared considerably dissatisfied within the last, after failing to interrupt Loui Tsatouma’s Pan-Hellenic report (8.66m). It’s the solely trophy that has eluded him!
The 26-year-old Tedoglou now has 6 European long-distance championship titles: three in open observe (2018, 2022, 2024) and three in indoor. He’ll journey to Paris as an lively Olympic gold medalist from 2021, in addition to World champion in open and indoor observe and discipline.
His loss to China’s Wang Jianan within the last of the 2022 World Championships in Eugene is basically his just one within the final six years at a significant occasion.
Earlier, Alexandros Papamichael was unable to complete the 20 km race. The video games proceed on the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
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