The Cuban triple jumper nationalized Spanish, Jordan Diazstarred this Sunday in the three best jumps of the current season, including the record for that country, during the Championship of Spain indoor athletics event, held at the Gallur sports center in Madrid.
The 21-year-old had set the Spanish record at 17.49 meters at Expourense last week, but this time he had a dream afternoon with four records in a very short time. He first took it up to 17.58 meters, which was also the top for jumpers in the sub-23 category; later he increased to 17.59 meters, according to a report of Europe Press.
JORDAN DÍAZ?♂️ breaking the SPANISH RECORD ?? of the Triple Jump and making the best world mark of the year (Covered Track) pic.twitter.com/dIseEETwkx
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Jordan trains under the orders of the former long jumper and one of the great glories of Cuban athletics, Iván Pedroso, who, based in Spain, guides the careers of other specialists in the jumping area; among them, the stellar Venezuelan tiptoe player Yulimar Rojas, Olympic champion and world record holder.
With these performances, the Cuban, who will be able to represent the Iberian nation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, won his first Spanish title and left Pablo Torrijos and veteran José Emilio Bellido behind.
According to one note From the newspaper The countryJordan achieved these marks with hardly any pressure from his rivals and with an impulse run of just 12 steps, and not 18 or 20 as usual to achieve greater speed at the entrance to the table and greater push in the final jump.
Add the medium that made five attempts, two of them very long but null, and one of 17.50 meters.
Jordan also owns the Spanish outdoor record, thanks to the jump of 17.87 meters that he recorded on June 27, 2022 in the town of Nerja.
Athletics: triple jumper Jordan Díaz sets another Spanish record again
Before settling in Spain, shortly before the Cuban track and field team that was preparing in that nation traveled to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Jordan had impressed with his enormous talent, which continued to grow after winning the universal youth crown at jump 17.15 in the city of Tampere, Finland, in 2018.
At the beginning of February of last year, Jordan was Spanish nationality granted by letter of nature at the request of the Higher Sports Council of the European country.
Due to his past in the ranks of the Cuban athletics team, the World Athletic rules prevented him from representing Spain in several top-level competitions, including the Eugene World Championship in Munich, both last year.
Last November, the governing body for athletics in the world informed him that he could do so as of June 28, 2024, almost a month before the Olympic event in the French capital.
Owner of an enviable physique (1.86 meters tall) and exquisite technique, he also has in his showcase the world scepter in the Under-16 categories (Nayrobi 201, 17.30 meters) and that of the Youth Olympic Games, held in the city of Buenos Aires in 2018, where he achieved a record of 17.04 meters.
