For the second consecutive year, Yulimar Rojas managed to become the champion of the Diamond League; Although she could not beat her own mark (15.67 meters), she left Ukraine’s Maryna Romanchuk and Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts behind her.
Yulimar Rojas, three-time triple jump world champion, won her second consecutive Diamond League this Thursday, September 8, by winning the final held in Zurich (Switzerland) with a mark of 15.28 meters.
Rojas started with a null jump and, in the second jump, he reached the 15.28 metersa mark that could not be reached by the European champion, the Ukrainian Maryna Romanchuk, who stayed at 14.96, and neither by the Jamaican Shanieka Ricketts, who recorded 14.85.
#ZurichDL Let’s go for the ?!
This was the 15.28m flight of Yulimar Rojas in the final of the @Diamond_League
He is the leader of the competition ?
?️ Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich, Switzerland. #YulimarRojas #TeamRojas45 #Olympics #FlyYuliFly #Zurich2022 pic.twitter.com/4DZO3f8eFH
– Yulimar Rojas (@TeamRojas45) September 8, 2022
The Venezuelan athlete, trained by Iván Pedroso in Spain, tried to beat her own mark but the following jumps were null. In the sixth and last jump, Yulimar Rojas finished at 14.99; very far from the outdoor world record that he has of 15.67 meters.
Last year, Yulimar Rojas conquered the Diamond League with a jump of 15.48 meters.
Through your account Twitter, Rojas published a video where she claimed to be very happy to have gotten her second diamond and to have given her best. “It’s been a great competition, a good day,” she said.
I stop by to thank you for all the love you send me.
We have a new diamond ?. Thank you all for being a part of this! I’m very happy ?? pic.twitter.com/lnP2thlBcO
– Yulimar Rojas (@TeamRojas45) September 8, 2022
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