The jumper of Cuban origin Jordan Diaz broke again this Sunday the record of Spain jumper with a mark of 17.87 meters during the final of the national championships of that European nation held in Nerja, according to several international media reports.
Furthermore, the athlete received Spanish nationality last February by naturalization letterrecorded another jump of 17.93 meters on his second attempt, but this could not be homologated, having been executed with a favorable wind of more than 2.5 meters/second, according to a note published by the Spanish newspaper The country in its digital version.
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The media reports that Jordan had already signed the Spanish indoor record with the 17.27 meters achieved in Salamanca in February itself, and that this is the third time he has done it outdoors, since he did it before on June 4 in Andújar (17.30) and eight days later in La Nuncía (17.76) during the National Athletics Club Championship.
The publication highlights that the 21-year-old will not take long to exceed the 18-meter limit, something that only six jumpers have achieved in the history of this modality.
At the same time, The country stresses that the new Spanish record has just been registered in an “extraordinary series of five jumps” (17.87 m, 17.93 m, 17.80 m, 17.66 m and 17.55 m), and that in addition to rising As the best record of the current season, it now appears in 13th place in the historical table, led by the 18.29 m of the British Jonathan Edwards, a world record since 1995.
“Under the orders of Iván Pedroso (also Cuban) it will continue to grow and may be the strongest option for a medal for Spain at the Paris Games”, adds the publication of the sport.es portal, alluding to the possibility that Jordan will represent his new country for the first time at the Olympic event in the French capital, in two years’ time.
Before staying in Spain, shortly before the Cuban athletics team that was preparing in that nation traveled to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Jordan had already impressed with his enormous talent, which continued to grow after having conquered the universal crown for juniors when he jumped 17.15 in the city of Tampere, Finland, in 2018.
Due to his past in the ranks of the Cuban athletics team, the World Athletics rules will prevent him from being in the World Athletics Championships within three weeks. athletics to be held in the US city of Eugene, and will not be able to participate in the upcoming European event scheduled for next August in Munich.
Owner of an enviable physique (1.86 meters tall) and an exquisite technique, he also has in his showcase the world title of the Under-16 categories (Nayrobi 2017-17.30 meters) and that of the I Youth Olympic Games, held in the city of Buenos Aires in 2018, where he achieved a record of 17.04 meters.
In addition, he has in his possession the second best mark among juveniles with a jump of 17.49 meters, achieved when he was only 18 years old during a competition in the province of Camagüey. He then he was just one centimeter from the world record in that category, held by the German Volker Mai since 1985.
Cuba has a great tradition in the training of jumpers, but has been left without renowned figures to take on the current Olympic cycle. Before Jordan’s departure, the Cuban Federation had lost the star triple jumper Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who became a Portuguese national and won the Olympic title in the specialty at the Tokyo 2020 games.
Shortly after, the Cuban sports authorities received another bucket of ice water when Andy Díaz, also a triple jumper, who did travel to Tokyo but did not compete due to an injury, did not return to the island with the Olympic expedition.
Precisely this trio of jumpers caused a sensation recently at the stop of the Diamond League held in Paris, where they took over all the podium positions. In the City of Light, Jordan led the race with a 17.66-meter stretch, Andy was second with a jump of 17.65 and Pichardo closed the avant-garde lot by reaching 17.49 meters.
