The Venezuelan won the triple jump at the Belgrade Indoor World Cup, surpassing the record she set at the Tokyo Olympics
She is one meter ahead of the rest of the women; she is only a few inches behind the dream of hers. Yulimar Rojas He reached 15.74 meters this Sunday in the triple jump final of the Belgrade Indoor World Cup and no one doubts that sooner or later he will overcome 16 meters, the barrier he has set for himself, an illusion until his appearance. Since the Madrid 2020 Indoor World Cup, each competition has gotten closer: first, those 15.67 meters at the Tokyo Games; now this.
Winner of the test from the first jump, when she marked 15.19 meters, an unattainable distance for the rest of the mortals, the next hour and a half Rojas dedicated herself to talking with her coach, Ivn Pedroso, to test, to adjust, to perfect until on the sixth attempt, as happened at the Olympic event, his work of art arrived. The fifth attempt had been even longer, but failed. The last one was the definitive one. Although it will last, it will not last long: at Eugene’s next World Cup, if not before, she herself will again threaten her world record.
From behind they celebrated the Ukrainian Maryna Bej-Romanchuk (14.74 meters) in the best performance of her life and the Jamaican Kemberly Williams (14.62) while Ana Peleteiro confirmed that the hangover from the Games is proving to be long. The first jump of hers was remarkable (14.30), but the rest of hers brought her to despair and practically to tears. She bronzed in the last Indoor World Cup, this Sunday she finished eighth and angry with herself.
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