With the elimination of the triple jumper Lázaro Martínez, indoor world title holder and leader among those enrolled in Oregon 2022, Cuba closed its participation in the World Athletics Championships and for the first time in 18 versions it leaves without medals, according to the media on the island.
Martínez, owner of a personal best of 17.64 m and four others this year above 17.10 m, committed three faults in the final of this test and fell far behind his real chances of getting on the podium, according to report of CubaDebate.
The triple jump king!
Pedro Pichardo ?? confirms his dominance with 17.95m and adds a world title to his Olympic crown.#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/9bc9tup4pz
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 24, 2022
The competition, on the other hand, was dominated by the Cuban nationalized Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who managed to jump 17.95 to become the leader of the season and add the world title to his Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold.
The silver of the triple jump went to Hugues Fabrice Zhango (Burkina Faso), also with a record of the year of 17.55, while the bronze went to the Chinese Yaming Zhu (17.31), also with the best jump of 2022.
Martínez was one of the island’s strongest hopes to get on the podium, and with his defeat, the newspaper points out, the national triple jump once again leaves serious doubts about the planning of his training sessions and the psychological preparation of his athletes to face the big tournaments.
One day left to go ?
How do you think this is going to look after tomorrow?#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/DKKR16cHnu
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 24, 2022
In this way, the Island delegation said goodbye to Oregon 2022 with just four finalists: Maikel Massó and Leyanis Pérez (4th), Luis Zayas (6th) and Yaimé Pérez (7th).
Other results
Other events of the day were starred by the world champion of Doha 2019, Anderson Peters from Granada, who successfully defended his crown in the javelin throw, finishing with a mark of 90.54 and taking his second title in line. He was followed by Indian Olympic titleholder Neeraj Chopra (88.13) and Czech Jakub Vadlejch (88.09), silver and bronze medalists, respectively.
In the 800-meter dash for men and the 5,000-meter dash for women, representatives from Kenya and Ethiopia dominated, respectively.
aim CD that in the double lap to the oval the Kenyan Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir triumphed, with a time of 1:43.71 while the second place went to the Algerian Djamel Sedjati (1:44.14). The third was for the Canadian Marco Arop (1:44.28).
In the 5000 meter dash, Ethiopia took gold and bronze, thanks to Gudaf Tsegay (14:46.29) and Dawit Seyaum (14:47.36). Among them, only the Kenyan Beatrice Chebet prevailed (14:46.75). In this event, the title holder of the 10 thousand meters, Letensebet Gidey (ETH-14:47.98) could not withstand the auction and finished in fifth place.
The respective women’s and men’s relays from the United States and Canada each gave surprises in the finals of the 4 × 100-meter relay and took the crowns. Among the ladies, the locals achieved the best mark of the year (41.14) they beat the Jamaican favorites (41.18) in a close duel that left Germany in bronze (42.03).
Among the men, the Canadians showed the best of the season and with 37.48 they took the gold medal. The United States (37.55) and Great Britain (37.83) climbed to the podium in silver and bronze, respectively, the media points out.
