Who thought that Injury to the now Spanish Jordan Díaz He would subtract the spectacle to the male triple jump final, ended up being wrong.
Despite the absence of the current Olympic champion, the fight for the throne of the World Athletics Championship Tokyo was defined in the last jump in favor of the experienced Pedro Pablo Pichardowho four years ago and on the same stage the crown had conquered for Portugal under the five hoops.
Ouro !!! Pedro Pablo Pichardo Saluou at 17.91m E Sagrou-Seam Mundo de Triplo Salto, Em Tóquio, Japão!#Avozdodesporto pic.twitter.com/emvnp1j8Ok
– Confederação doosto de Portugal (@confdesportopt) SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
Few had that in the last round the Italian Andrea Dallavalle appeared with his best historical jump – 17.64 meters – to put the 31 -year -old guantanamero against the ropes, already ready to celebrate his second victory in these lides.
Until that moment Pichardo dominated the competition and, forced to respond to the challenge, took temper and experience of his vast arsenal to stand all the stand with a stretch up to 17.91 meters, a flight that had not been seen in the current season.
Thus, spectacularly, he certified his fourth medal in world championships, because in his showcases he also keeps the subtitles of the 2013 and 2015 editions, when being very young he represented Cuba.
Or jump to Pedro Pablo Pichardo or title of World Champion
Palmarés do Athlete Português Em Mundiais: pic.twitter.com/ryzxivdgwe
– Eurosport Portugal (@eurosporttv_por) SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
Expectant to that beautiful duel, Lázaro Martínez, the only one of the three representatives of the island in the Japanese capital that managed to be included among the finalists.
The Havana barely made two of his six jumps valid, but in one of them he nailed the skewers 17.49 meters from the table, and that assured him to join the bronze dam to that of filed silver archived two years ago, in the appointment organized by Budapest.
But if Cuba acquired prominence in the fight for the awards, he also had it in the section of the disappointments, it is assumed by Andy Díaz dressed in the colors of Italy.
The boy appeared in the call with the best palmarés of the bell: best 17.80 mark and incontestable success in the End of the Diamond League.
That is why he can pass the attention that he has now reached up to 17.19 meters, to occupy a surprising sixth seat, when he left as one of the great candidates to get on the podium.
The story continues …
The consecration of Pedro Pablo Pichardo and the Lázaro Martínez medal became the nth proof that Cuba continues to be the largest triplist seedlings in recent decades.
Never before, in a fair universal, the evidence of each sex were dominated by jumpers born on the island, a merit that also corresponds to Leyanis Pérezwho one day before became the new queen of the specialty.
In addition, the story will collect that it has been the second consecutive World Cup that has two Cubans in their male podium, something that Lázaro Martínez and Cristian Naples, silver and bronze in that competition were in charge of the Hungarian capital.
This is now the third time that happens, because in 1997, when Yoelbi Quesada – now Lázaro coach – assaulted the throne, Eliacer Urrutia anchored in third position.
In turn, the new medal converts Lázaro into the third Cuban with world medals into successive events, a privilege that Yoandri Betanzos previously shared with their subtitles in the 2003 and 2005 versions, and Pichardo himself, who achieved it the same, with an exact decade of difference (2013 and 2015).
