Budapest, Aug 24 (Ians) Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou clinched the men’s long jump title with a tremendous last jump at the World Athletics Championships.
Heading into the sixth and last attempt on Thursday final, Tentoglou and Jamaica’s Pinnock had both jumped an impressive 8.50m. However, the Greek athlete’s second-best result was just 1cm behind Pinnock’s 8.40m, placing him in second position, Xinhua reports.
Tentoglou, coming in second in the previous year’s World Championships, delivered his final jump with unwavering determination, achieving a season-best of 8.52m, out of Pinnock’s reach.
“The only gold medal I missed is now mine,” Tentoglou remarked. “It was a great competition, a great battle, better than last year. Now I’m going to defend all my titles.”
Last year’s defending champion, Wang Jianan, who narrowly defeated Tentoglou with his final jump, had an off day on Thursday. The 26-year-old Chinese...
Heading into the sixth and last attempt on Thursday final, Tentoglou and Jamaica’s Pinnock had both jumped an impressive 8.50m. However, the Greek athlete’s second-best result was just 1cm behind Pinnock’s 8.40m, placing him in second position, Xinhua reports.
Tentoglou, coming in second in the previous year’s World Championships, delivered his final jump with unwavering determination, achieving a season-best of 8.52m, out of Pinnock’s reach.
“The only gold medal I missed is now mine,” Tentoglou remarked. “It was a great competition, a great battle, better than last year. Now I’m going to defend all my titles.”
Last year’s defending champion, Wang Jianan, who narrowly defeated Tentoglou with his final jump, had an off day on Thursday. The 26-year-old Chinese...
- 8/25/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Budapest, Aug 20 (Ians) The United States won the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships here on Saturday night, improving their own world record to 3:08.80 after the Netherlands’ world indoor 400m record-holder Femke Bol fell three strides from the finish line, having appeared on the brink of anchoring her team to victory.
It was not the only dramatic moment on an eventful opening day of the competition.
It started with the greatest depth men’s 20km race walk in championship history, won by Spain’s Alvaro Martin and culminated in the sensational 4×400 mixed relay.
In between those, Ryan Crouser successfully defended his shot put title with a championship record of 23.51m, and Gudaf Tsegay led an Ethiopian sweep of the medals in the women’s 10,000m.
But falls from two prominent Dutch athletes -– first by Sifan Hassan in the 10,000m and then by Femke Bol in...
It was not the only dramatic moment on an eventful opening day of the competition.
It started with the greatest depth men’s 20km race walk in championship history, won by Spain’s Alvaro Martin and culminated in the sensational 4×400 mixed relay.
In between those, Ryan Crouser successfully defended his shot put title with a championship record of 23.51m, and Gudaf Tsegay led an Ethiopian sweep of the medals in the women’s 10,000m.
But falls from two prominent Dutch athletes -– first by Sifan Hassan in the 10,000m and then by Femke Bol in...
- 8/20/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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