Yes sirs. The big surprise of World Athletics Championships in Budapest has been about to happen this Friday with the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas in a triple jump as the protagonist, but she finally avoided it on the sixth attempt in a new example of her quality and greatness.
Since that evening of August 14 at the Nilton Santos Stadium at the Rio Olympics He did not know defeat, when at only 20 years old he jumped 14.98 meters and was 19 centimeters from another marvel like the Colombian Catherine Ibargüen, who went up a step after being silver in London 2012.
Such is the superiority and greatness of the FC Barcelona athlete that to find a defeat in any event you would have to go back two years ago, when the Jamaican Shanieka Ricketts beat her in the Diamond League in Monaco.
The ‘Pearl of the Caribbean’ had not suffered so much for a long time and she looked so stiff. In fact, everything seemed headed for a resounding defeat. She opened the final with a null around 15 meters and over the next two jumps she shortened her stride in the last two steps to settle at a poor 14.33 and 14.26. so much that He entered the improvement with 14.33 tied with the American Ketyurah Orji but with the best second jump.
Once the first match ball was over, it was time to fight for gold or at least for the podium. Null in the room. Null in the fifth and was still eighth. Strain. Deathly silence in the National Athletics Center until he raised his endless handss to ask for the support of an audience that almost filled the facilities.
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She ran more than ever to free herself from that tension that was gripping her, she barely took a board and a gigantic third jump brought her 15.08 meters from the jump line. She put herself first! He still had to wait for his seven rivals to jump… none exceeded his record.
Yes, Yulimar Rojas is still undefeated in World Cups and in Games since that defeat in Rio’16 and gave FC Barcelona and Venezuela the first medal in Budapest. Surely he will celebrate it as if it were his first gold, because no one doubts that he has been the most suffered in memory. Athletics is so spectacular that not even Yulimar has anything assured.
2023-08-25 19:45:58
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