The Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas He continues to show that he has no rival in the triple jump event, after winning this Sunday at the meeting in Silesia (Poland).
Rojas is not only the current Olympic and world champion, but also He also adds his best world mark of the yearby obtaining a record of 15.18 meters.
With that jump, Yulimar surpassed by two centimeters the best jump of the course, which was 15.16and that she signed it herself last week, after proclaiming herself champion of the Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador.
However, not everything was rosy for Yulimar at first, who did not reach 15 meters, as he reached the sixth and last jump with 14.86 meters.
But if for some reason Yulimar Rojas stands out, universal record holder of the specialty with 15.74 meters, It is because of her competitive ability and in her last jump the pupil of Cuban Iván Pedroso showed her enormous talent to reach 15.18 meters.
A mark that gave him the victory, the second of the season in the Diamond League after the triumph harvested last June in Oslo, ahead of the Ukrainian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, second with 14.70 meters, and the Cuban Leyanis Pérez Hernández, third with 14.67.
With information from EFE.
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2023-07-16 18:59:16
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