The Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, Olympic champion and triple jump world record holder, will also not be able to compete in the long jump of the World Championship Oregon 2022 Athletics Championships, which begin on July 15 at USAby being denied his minimum mark in that test according to international media reports.
The remarkable athlete had the purpose of being the first to “double” the victory in these specialties, but she could not achieve a comparable record in the long jump before June 26, the date set by the World Athletic (WA) for the Closing of registrations, according to a note published by the sports portal Sport.es.
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The brand with which he qualified, last June 8 in Guadalajara, was not approved by the World Athletics due to the type of shoes he used.
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The governing body of athletics in the world required a minimum mark of 6.82 meters to compete in the event that will host the American city of Eugene, but his jump of 6.93 m made last June 8 at the Athletic Meeting in the Spanish city of Guadalajara was not recognized by the WA for having achieved it with anti-regulation shoes for the specialty.
At that time, Yulimar used triple jump shoes, whose sole (25 mm) exceeds the thickness limit (20 mm) approved for long footwear. “Rojas had intended to compete in the long jump after this event, in approved shoes, to qualify for the Worlds, but an injury prevented him from doing so,” the WA said in a statement. reviewed through the website Sports world.
“We know that this decision is disappointing for Yulimar Rojas and her fans, but we look forward to seeing her compete in the triple jump at the World Cup and to qualify for both events next year at the 2023 World Cup in Budapest,” the agency explained.
After the mark achieved in Guadalajara, Yulimar could have attempted a new record that would enter the WA ranking, but according to his coach, the Cuban Iván Pedroso, he gave up due to the psoas discomfort he suffered in June and that could put their participation in the World Cup is at risk.
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Due to this setback, he was absent from the meetings in Madrid and Castellón, as well as from the Spanish Championships in Nerja, where he had registered in length with the purpose of making the World Cup minimum, Sport.es points out.
The double of horizontal jumps in the same Outdoor World Championship is an achievement that no one has achieved to date, since only the Russian Tatiana Levedeva was able to achieve it in the universal indoor event in Budapest 2004.
The calendar of the next World Cup was conducive to Yulimar’s attempt, since the triple final will be played on Monday, July 18, and the long one on Sunday, July 24. Given the latest events, the Venezuelan will now have to focus on winning her third universal crown outdoor triple jump, a modality in which he holds the world record (15.74 meters on March 20 in Belgrade).
In addition, the outstanding athlete heads the world list of the year in the open air with the mark of 14.83, achieved on June 11 in Alicante, during the Spanish National Championship, her only triple competition of the season.
