Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas sets triple jump world record
2 years, 9 months ago

Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas sets triple jump world record

The Hindu  

Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas bettered her own women's triple jump world record with a leap of 15.74 metres to win gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday. The Olympic champion beat her previous outright best of 15.67 metres set at the Tokyo Games last year, as well as her indoor record of 15.43 metres, set in 2020. Rojas, 26, has been a dominant force in the discipline since the 2016 Olympics, where she won silver, before winning the outdoor world title a year later and repeating the feat in Doha in 2019. On Sunday, she won her third straight world indoor triple jump gold, adding to successes in Portland in 2016 and Birmingham in 2018.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold

The Hindu  

Spain’s Jordan Diaz won gold in the men’s triple jump on Friday, securing his country’s first ever Olympic medal in the event by defeating defending champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal who had to settle for silver. It was a stunning Olympic debut for the 23-year-old Diaz who shook the sport this year by leaping 18.18 metres in June, the third …

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold

The Hindu  

Despite rain being an issue, former Asian bronze medallist Nayana James came up with a 6.43m effort as she shocked Japan’s Asian champion Sumire Hata and won the long jump gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Taipei on Sunday. 68 Nayana, the Federation Cup champion, is way below the young Shaili Singh …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Rojas claims fourth straight triple jump title with last attempt
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Rojas claims fourth straight triple jump title with last attempt

The Hindu  

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title on Friday, securing victory on her sixth and last jump to narrowly avoid disaster. “Maybe people saw my calm, focused and confident face, but believe me, nobody knows what I felt deep inside,” said Bekh-Romanchuk, whose best jump was her opener. “I knew if someone could change …

World Athletics Championships: Incomparable Rojas has new world triple jump record in sights
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Incomparable Rojas has new world triple jump record in sights

The Hindu  

Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, who has reigned supreme at global championships since 2017, insists bettering her own world record remains an objective as she hunts for a fourth consecutive world title in Budapest. “Just the possibility of being world champion again motivates me every day, I have that goal of defending my title and continue working to fulfil all …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s triple jump
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s triple jump

The Hindu  

A total of 36 athletes will be participating in the women’s triple jump in the World Athletics Championships 2023 which will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s triple jump: Yulimar Rojas The 27-year-old from Venezuela the defending World champion, which she has won three times. …

Triple jumpers Unnikrishnan, Aboobacker win bronze at international meets
1 year, 6 months ago

Triple jumpers Unnikrishnan, Aboobacker win bronze at international meets

The Hindu  

Abdulla Aboobacker, the Commonwealth Games triple jump silver medallist from Kerala, produced a season-best 16.80m as he won the bronze at the Montreuil International Meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Silver event, in Montreuil, France, on Wednesday. 3 in India’s all-time triple jump list with 17.19m which came last year, won the Federation Cup gold recently with 16.76m, his previous best …

Triple jump silver for Selva Prabhu in World Under-20 Championships in Colombia
2 years, 4 months ago

Triple jump silver for Selva Prabhu in World Under-20 Championships in Colombia

The Hindu  

Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won the men’s triple jump silver in the World Athletics Under-20 Championships here on Friday. pic.twitter.com/z3yIAiJrMQ — Athletics Federation of India August 6, 2022 It was India’s third medal at the under-20 Worlds, with the 4x400m mixed relay team and Rupal Chaudhary bringing the other medals earlier. Rupal won Bronze at World Athletics Junior Championships in Cali …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Eldhose Paul finishes ninth in men’s triple jump
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Eldhose Paul finishes ninth in men’s triple jump

The Hindu  

India’s Eldhose Paul narrowly missed a top-eight berth as Jean-Marc Pontvianne took the final place with a jump of 16.86 metres in the men’s triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene on Sunday. Portugal's Pedro Pichardo, meanwhile, continued his dominance in the triple jump by adding his first World Championships title to the Olympic gold he won …

No new record but third gold for Rojas in triple jump
2 years, 5 months ago

No new record but third gold for Rojas in triple jump

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — The best triple jumper on the planet is now a three-time world champion. And even though there was no new record to go with her victory, Yulimar Rojas was grateful that at least she had fans on hand to watch her perform. “I overcame time, injury, whatever stood in the way of achieving this, and I think …

Shoe issue bars triple jump star Rojas from worlds long jump
2 years, 5 months ago

Shoe issue bars triple jump star Rojas from worlds long jump

Associated Press  

MONACO — Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas cannot compete in long jump at the world championships in Oregon this month because her qualifying leap was done in unapproved shoes. Track and field’s governing body World Athletics said Wednesday that a jump by Rojas in Spain in June — which was long enough to qualify for the worlds — “was …

Yulimar Rojas to miss long jump at world championships after incorrect shoes used in qualifying
2 years, 5 months ago

Yulimar Rojas to miss long jump at world championships after incorrect shoes used in qualifying

The Hindu  

Venezuelan triple jump world record-holder Yulimar Rojas will not compete in the long jump at this month's world championships after her qualifying mark of 6.93 metres was deemed invalid due to unapproved shoes. The back-to-back triple jump world champion surpassed the long jump qualifying standard in June at the Reunion de Atletismo Ciudad de Guadalajara, according to World Athletics, but …

Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas Sets Triple Jump World Record
2 years, 9 months ago

Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas Sets Triple Jump World Record

News 18  

Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas bettered her own women’s triple jump world record with a leap of 15.74 metres to win gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday. The Olympic champion beat her previous outright best of 15.67 metres set at the Tokyo Games last year, as well as her indoor record of 15.43 metres, set in 2020. Rojas, 26, has …

Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas aiming for long jump gold at Paris 2024
3 years, 3 months ago

Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas aiming for long jump gold at Paris 2024

Firstpost  

“I’m an athlete of challenges. If it was up to me, I’d compete in the two events,” Rojas told Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a ceremony in her honour in Caracas. Caracas: Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas will likely go for double gold in the Paris Olympics in 2024 after revealing she could also compete in the long jump. …

Tokyo Olympics, Athletics: Pichardo of Portugal wins men's triple jump gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics, Athletics: Pichardo of Portugal wins men's triple jump gold

The Hindu  

Portugal's Pedro Pichardo won the men's triple jump at the Tokyo Games on Thursday with a leap of 17.98 metres, giving his country its fifth Olympic gold medal. China's Zhu Yaming produced a personal best of 17.57m for silver and Hugues Fabrice Zango delivered Burkina Faso's first Olympic medal after jumping 17.47m to take bronze. It was also the second-longest …

Yulimar Rojas sets world record to win Olympic women's triple jump
3 years, 4 months ago

Yulimar Rojas sets world record to win Olympic women's triple jump

India TV News  

Yulimar Rojas didn't even need to look for validation. The runway, the take off, the way she hit the sand — it all felt so good she somehow knew she'd sealed her Olympic gold medal in the women's triple jump with a world record. Rojas broke the Olympic record in the first round of Sunday's final at the Tokyo Games, …

Rojas sets world record to win Olympic women’s triple jump
3 years, 4 months ago

Rojas sets world record to win Olympic women’s triple jump

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Yulimar Rojas didn’t even need to look for validation. The runway, the take off, the way she hit the sand — it all felt so good she somehow knew she’d sealed her Olympic gold medal in the women’s triple jump with a world record. Rojas broke the Olympic record in the first round of Sunday’s final at the …

Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas breaks women's triple jump world record to win gold medal at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas breaks women's triple jump world record to win gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela jumped 15.67 metres on Sunday to smash the world record in the women's triple jump event with her final attempt, having already secured the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The win made Rojas Venezuela's first woman Olympic champion. The bronze went to Spain's Ana Peleteiro, who also broke the national record with 14.87m. The two-time …

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds

The Hindu  

It was a magical Sunday night in Tokyo as Lamont Marcell Jacobs virtually came from nowhere and raced away as the fastest man of the Olympics. With American world leader Trayvon Bromell crashing out in the semifinal and China's Su Bingian topping that round in a new Asian record time of 9.83s, many had expected surprises in the final. The …

Portugal's Pedro Pablo Pichardo wins triple jump at European indoor championships
3 years, 9 months ago

Portugal's Pedro Pablo Pichardo wins triple jump at European indoor championships

Firstpost  

Torun: Cuban-born Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo won the men’s triple jump at the European indoor championships in Torun on Sunday. Pichardo, who won two world outdoor silvers and a world indoor bronze competing for Cuba, recorded a best of 17.30 metres. Another Cuban-born athlete who won world bronze at the 2009 Berlin worlds for his native country, Alexis Copello of …

Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas Named World Athletes Of The Year
4 years ago

Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas Named World Athletes Of The Year

News 18  

Swedish pole vaulter Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis was named the male athlete of the year, while Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas won the women’s title at athletics’ annual awards ceremony on Saturday. Duplantis, a world silver medallist in Doha last year, set a world record by clearing 6.17m in Torun, Poland, in February and then bettered that by one centimetre in …

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