Burkinabè Hugues Fabrice Zango wins the gold medal in the triple jump

Burkinabè Hugues Fabrice Zango won his first world title in the triple jump with a mark of 17.64m during the World Championships in Athletics on Monday in Budapest. This is the first gold medal in the history of Burkina Faso at the World Athletics Championships.

Published on: 08/21/2023 – 21:34

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Hugues Fabrice Zango, Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo, delivered a high-level competition with four jumps over 17.20 m. He seized the gold medal in front of two Cubans, Lazaro Martinez, silver medalist with a triple jump measured at 17.41 m and Cristian Napoles, who achieved a centimeter less (17.40 m), his record. Zango took first place in the absence of the star of the discipline, the Portuguese Cristian Pichardo, and after the injury of the young Jamaican prodigy, Jaydon Hibbert, victim of a muscular problem during the competition.

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