The Cuban athleteLeyanis Perez This Sunday he achieved the silver medal in the triple jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland.
With a mark of 14.90 meters, the native of Pinar del Río improved her mark in this type of indoor track events.
The podium was won by the Dominican Thea Lafond, with a jump of 15.01, while third place went to the Spanish Ana Peleteiro with 14.75.
“I am very happy, it is not the medal I was looking for. “I came as the favorite, but it was won with 15.01,” the athlete toldEFE Sports while acknowledging that he had never reached that mark.
She also commented that she was happy with the result because she managed to improve her performance at Belgrade 2022. I am very satisfied to leave here with a medal.”
The Cuban, who began her sequence with a mistake, at the last moment touched the plasticine by 1.2 centimeters, in a jump that seemed to exceed 15 meters.
“She generally does not commitfouls, but she was a little tense. He knew that it represented the last possibility so that Cuba would not be left without medals. Then Lafond's big jump put pressure on everyone,” his coach Ricardo Ponce told the digital portal.JIT.
Furthermore, he assured that beyond the result, the important thing "is that we know that we are there, close to 15 meters, and with increasing regularity."
The Cuban had her bronze medal at the Outdoor World Cup held in Budapest in 2023 as endorsement, when she achieved a jump of 14.79 on the fifth attempt.
Liadagmis Povea, another of the jumpers registered in the event could not participate due to an injury she suffered during warm-up. The national athletics commissioner,Rolando Charro, explained toJIT that the jumper will undergo medical tests to assess the magnitude of what happened.
Although 15 jumpers showed up and only one said goodbye without a mark, the Venezuelan star was absent from the test.Yulimar Rojas, who has led the three previous editions and is the owner of the world and Olympic records.
With this result, the Cuban, only 21 years old, appears as one of the great promises of medals for Cuba in the Olympic Games to be held in Paris this summer.
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