The Cuban high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas once again climbed to a podium in the current winter tour, but could not go beyond a shared third place in the meeting of athletics indoor Banska Bystrica, in Slovakia.
The man from Santiago chose to start his performance at a height of 2.20 meters, which was not a problem. He also cleared over 2.25 meters, but then came three consecutive misses with the shaft 2.28 meters off the ground, according to the sequence exposed on the contest website.
#Athletics ?? | Third place?shared for Luis Enrique Zayas ?? (2.25m) in #BanskaBystrika ??
?Hamish Kerr ?? (2.34m) NR
?Andriy Protsenko ?? (2.32m) SB?This Wednesday for #Cuba in @Meeting_Lievin
??: Liadagmis Povea, Leyanis Pérez and Maykel Massó#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/weWzRSWz6d– SportCubano (@CubanoDeporte) February 14, 2023
Also with 2.25 meters, and in the same position, Mexican Edgar Rivera finished his foray after exhausting all his opportunities over 2.28 meters.
This time the win went to world bronze medalist Hamish Kerr, who set the New Zealand national record at 2.34 meters, the second best mark of the year. The third position went to the Ukrainian Andriy Protsenko with a maximum height of 2.32 meters on the day.
zayas had debuted in the current indoor competition campaign with a top of 2.22 meters and sharing the second position in the Estrellas de Nehvizdy event, in the Czech Republic.
In that country he signed his best mark so far this season, 2.27 meters, achieved in Hustopece. But he was not enough to access the podium. Days later, and without leaving those borders, he dominated with 2.26 meters the Beskydska Latka athletic rally, in the city of Trinec, which represented his first victory of the course.
Luis Enrique Zayas wins the high jump at a meeting in the Czech Republic
The second victory came to Zayas in the traditional high jump competition Udin Jump, in Italy, where he registered the same 2.24 meters as the Ukrainian Protsenko, although with a better sequence.
According to the schedule announced by the Cuban Athletics Federation before the European tour, Zayas could have his next presentations on February 22 in Madrid, and three days later in Birmingham, United Kingdom, although until then they had not been confirmed. .
