After what was seen on Tuesday at the National Stadium of TokyoThere are no doubt that the female final of the triple jump could be one of the most memorable battles of the World Athletics Championshipwith two Cubans among its main protagonists.
So much Leyanis Pérez As Liadagmis Povea took advantage of their first jumps in the Japanese capital as a statement of intentions, and the same did the illustrious Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, on her return to action after more than a year stopped by a serious injury.
#Cuba in the World Cup #Athletics of Tokyo 2025: Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea ensure the final of the triple without problems. A single classification jump and went straight.
The first with 14.66 meters and Povea with 14.44. #PortCubano pic.twitter.com/ak6ql7j5t0– Jit Cuban sport (@jit_digital) SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
The 14.35 -meter brand marked the minimum necessary to aspire to the medals on September 18, and on that border it flew with solvency to leganis until it nailed their skewers 14.66 meters from the table.
The Pinareña reached the fair as the great favorite, endorsed by its universal title under ceiling last March and the leadership in the global ladder of the season (14,93), but also because of the uncertainty about Yulimar, clearly clear in an initial exhibition of 14,49.
#16sep | The Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas classified the final of the triple jump in the Tokyo Athletics World Cup after registering a jump of 14.49 meters.
Rojas must face the #18sep In the final to the Cubans Leyanis Pérez (14,66) and Liadagmis Povea (14,44), and the Dominiquesa … pic.twitter.com/emmfkmayce
– The newspaper (@eldiario) SEPTEMBER 16, 2025
The struggle for the throne is very tense, and by extension it will be the pulse to occupy the remaining positions on the podium, given the presence of other force candidates.
Among them appears the Poveaa Vueltabajera, fourth under the five rings of Paris 2024, which without shocks exceeded the qualifying brand with its stretch up to 14.44 meters.
In that lot we must include the current Olympic Queen Thea Lefond, from Dominica, who closed with 14.40 the quartet of which he did the duties with enough.
Although they were now below the required limit, we will have to follow closely what two other regular jumpers with the highest level, such as the Jamaican Shianieka Ricketts and the American Jasmine Moore, will be followed in the final.
The Caribbean advanced with a 14.30 meters record, sixth in the ladder of the 12 awards candidates, the northern line was already located after reaching a maximum of 14.22.
In the last edition of the universal appointment held two years ago in Budapest, Yulimar demonstrated his extra class by imposing himself 15.08 meters. Leyanis then ended third 14.96, behind Ukrainian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (15.00).
The Venezuelan has won in these leaders since the 2017 edition that London welcomed, the only time she reigned with a brand below 15 meters (14.91).
From the Moscow 2013 version, when the Colombian Caterine Ibargüen won the first of her two crowns, the female throne of the triple jump has been occupied by a Latin American.
It remains to be seen if Leyanis or Yulimar manage to extend that dynasty.
Roxana “flew” in the return to oval
Four years the Cuban Roxana Gómez remained trying to cover the 400 meters in less than 50 seconds, until he gets it now to access the final of that test in the Tokyo World Championship.
His last record lower than that limit had the same stage, and in addition to asserting him to enter the fight for the Olympic medals, he served to fix his best mark in the distance (49,71).
Only approaching her could again rub with the elite on Tuesday, and managed to stop the chronometers in 49.78 seconds, the sixth best time in the list of candidates for the scepter.
The performance could already be described as outstanding, as the Cuban would have to break all the forecasts to access an uncertain podium, apparently destined for the great figures that have dominated this test during the season.
Undoubtedly, it will be another great luxury to see this final, to which the American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (48.29) arrives with the leading brand of the year and the only one now below 49 seconds.
However, a fierce battle is foreseen with the British Amber Anning (49.38), the Barení Salwa Eid Nasser (49.47), and from which Dominican Marileidy Paulino (49.82) cannot be ruled out.
