The Cuban Leyanis Pérez finished this Monday in an outstanding fourth place in the women’s triple jump event of the World athletics championship of Oregon 2022, in the United States, while the discus thrower Yaime Perez He qualified without setbacks for the final of his specialty.
The young woman Pérez, barely 20 years old, was making her debut in these competitions and was not daunted, as she made six valid attempts, all over 14 meters, including one of 14.70 which, in addition to a personal mark, put Cuba at the gates of his first medal in the event, although in the end it could not be.
Thanks to this record, the one born in the western province of Pinar del Río remained in third position in the competition until the fifth round, when the local Tori Franklin stretched up to 14.72 meters and took the Cuban woman off the podium, according to review the sports site Hit.
“I was in bronze until the fifth lap. The American (Tori Franklin) jumped two more centimeters and I couldn’t go up afterwards. This is sport, ”the young woman assured the media shortly after the competition ended, the best of hers so far in her still short athletic career.
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The test confirmed that currently the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, current Olympic champion and world record holder, is far ahead of the rest of the jumpers. Her second attempt of 15.47 meters left the rest of the contenders without title options and became the best record of the current season. In silver was the Jamaican Shanieka Ricketts (14.89).
Meanwhile, Yaimé Pérez quickly did her homework in the discus classification with a shot of 65.32 meters, which guaranteed her a place in the medal discussion. In addition, the woman from Santiago signed her best shot of a year with few previous events and marked by ups and downs in preparation, underlines Hit.
Together with the Cuban, the titleholder of the Doha 2019 edition, the American Olympic champion Valarie Allman (68.36), the Dutch Jorinde Van Klinken (65.66) and the Croatian Sandra Perkovic (65.66) advanced without setbacks to the decisive segment. 64.23), among others. The other Caribbean woman in the fair, Silinda Morales, finished in 16th place with a record of just 58.73 meters.
In turn, the also Cuban Luis Enrique Zayas could not with the 2.30 meters in the high jump finish and said goodbye in a good sixth place. The test was dominated by the Tokyo 2020 champion, the Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim, with an unattainable jump of 2.37 meters that gave him his third title in these events.
The other test with Cuban presence in the day was the 200 meters for men, in its qualifying phase. There the hopes of twenty-year-old Shainer Reginfo were parked, eliminated after covering the distance in 20.80 seconds, the report details.
The fourth seat obtained yesterday by Leyanis Pérez equals that of the long jumper Maykel Massó on the second date, and qualifies as the best so far of the Island delegation at Hayward Field, in the city of Eugene. This Tuesday the actions in the world event will continue, with finals in several specialties, but without the participation of Cuban athletes.
In addition to the possibility that Yaimé will once again be among the medalists in this edition of the universal competition, the other hopes of the Island delegation are pinned on the triple jumper Lázaro Martínez, who became indoor world champion last month of March, and part among the favorites of this modality.
