The Cuban triplet Lazaro Martinez was imposed this Friday in the diamond league athletics, held in the city of Brussels, Belgiumin order to underpin their presence in the final of the prestigious circuit, scheduled for next September 7 and 8 in the Swiss city of Zurich.
The reigning indoor world champion achieved a record of 17.49 meters on his second attempt, just one centimeter shy of his personal best, and declined to execute his remaining attempts, according to the review. published by the website of the contest, traditionally baptized as Memorial Van Damme.
17.40 from @HuguesZango_TS but it’s not quite enough.
Lazaro Martinez taks the win in the men’s triple jump despite pulling out after two rounds. #DiamondLeague#BrusselsDL ??
? @diamond_league pic.twitter.com/6GoqhnmUyU– Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) September 2, 2022
This time the second position corresponded to Fabrice Huges Zango, from Burkina Faso, who jumped up to 17.40 meters in his last opportunity, and with this he sent the Brazilian Almir Do Santos to third position, who achieved a discreet mark of 16, 43 meters.
With this result, the Cuban advanced to third place in the ranking qualifier that gives access to the final to the first six places of that ranking. The eight units monopolized with success raise their accumulated to 17 points, only surpassed by the harvests of Andy Díaz (23 points), who no longer represents the Cuban Federation, and Zango (21).
Only eight contestants participated in the Brussels contest, so they all added to their respective accumulated. However, the most benefited was the Brazilian Do Santos, now with 14 points in fifth place behind the young Cuban Jordan Diazanother that no longer defends the colors of the Island federation.
Athletics: Cuban triple jumpers take the podium of the Lausanne Diamond League
In sixth position, closing the segment classified for the final, now appears Peter Paul Pichardo (13), another Cuban nationalized Portuguese, who was not among the animators of the Belgian contest.
However, these accumulated will not count to define the winner of the men’s triple jump in the current Diamond League, a privilege that will be enjoyed by the winner in the Zurich final.
In this decisive segment, Cuba will also be represented by the long jumper Maykel Massó, bronze medalist in the Olympic event in Tokyo 2020who finished in second place in the ranking of his specialty, only surpassed by the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou, winner in the Japanese event.
Among the most notable news from the most recent stop in the Diamond League was the surprise defeat of Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, world record holder and overall winner of the most recent top-level competitions.
This time Duplantis was in second position with a mark of 5.81 meters, behind the Filipino Ernest John Obiena, who surpassed the bar over 5.91 meters. Third place went to the American Cristopher Nielsen with 5.71 meters.
