Cuban Maykel Massó finished this Saturday in fourth place in the long jump final of the World athletics championship Oregon 2022, in USAa result that so far classifies as the best performance of the Island in the contest.
Also an Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020who had advanced to the dispute for the medals with a discreet performance, yesterday stretched up to 8.15 meters in his second attempt to star in his best mark of the current season, refer a note published on the website Hit.
Moments later the Swiss Simon Ehammer, a specialist in the decathlon events, surpassed the Cuban mark by one centimeter and sent him to third place in the competition, a position he held until the last round of jumps, when the Chinese Jianan Wang surprised experts and amateurs with a jump of 8.36 meters that, in addition to guaranteeing him the world title, displaced Massó from the podium.
In his last opportunity, the Greek and current Olympic monarch Miltiadis Tentoglou tried to respond to the challenge of the Asian, but could not improve the record of 8.32 meters that assured him the silver medal of the test, says the sports publication.
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“I’m happy to have done my best mark of the year, happy to be among the best in the world again, but not satisfied,” Massó told Hitshortly after the end of the test.
“I gave myself to the limit and other competitions are coming in which to look for better results. The goal is Paris (Olympic Games) and all the competitions that I have before will be preparation, the idea is to continue advancing and that they continue to trust me, ”said the jumper, quoted by the media.
In addition to Massó, two other Cuban athletes ensured their presence in the finals of their respective modalities, one of the first objectives that the Cuban army set for itself in this event, which was attended by 14 exponents, after the sick leave due to injury of the heptathlonist Yorgelis Rodríguez, and the absence of the javelin runner Yiselena Ballar, who decided Leave the group during a stopover in the city of Miami.
The high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas was the first to be included among the candidates to discuss medals, with a jump of 2.28 meters that allowed him lead their knockout groupfacing the final dispute set for this Monday.
The young Leyanis Pérez also managed to advance to the pulse for the triple jump prizes, something that the also Cuban Liadagmis Povea and Davisleydis Velazco did not achieve in that same test.
This Sunday, the group of Cuban finalists in the World Cup could be joined by the runner Roxana Gómez, who has had good results in the 400-meter race, and arrives with the endorsement of having been included in the Olympic final of that specialty, in the event Tokyo Athletics 2020.
About Santiago Yaime Perez, current world champion in the women’s discus throw, now has the greatest and perhaps only hopes of a medal for Cuba in this universal event. The woman from Santiago will begin her journey in the fair on Monday, when the qualifying segment of the test is scheduled, in which the young Silinda Morales is also registered.
After two dates, the World Cup, with a stage at Hayward Field in the city of Eugene, is passing without major surprises, and so far the big headlines have been monopolized by local sprinters, led by Fred Kerley (9.86 seconds) They took over this Saturday the podium of the 100 mere for mena feat that had only happened twice in the history of these contests.
