2024-03-02 17:43:18
Greece is celebrating its first medal at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow – gold indeed.
The “perpetrator” of this success is Miltos Tedoglou, who took first place in today’s long final with a jump of 8.22 meters and defended the title he had won two years ago in the Belgrade event.
The silver medal went to the Italian Mattia Furlani who also had a performance of 8.22 meters, however Tedoglou had a better second jump (8.19 meters against 8.10 meters).
The trio of the podium was completed by Jamaican Carey McLeod with 8.21 meters, a performance that is this year’s record.
Tedoglou, who will celebrate his 26th birthday on March 18, took the lead in the final with a good morning, as he “flew” with his first jump of 8.22 meters, but a little later he achieved the same performance in his first attempt and Furlani. The Greek champion’s second effort was under eight meters (7.94m), but better than Furlani’s jump of 7.91m, keeping him in the lead. Tedoglou’s third attempt was disqualified, while American Jarion Lawson became the third jumper to clear eight meters (8.06m), while Furlani’s third jump was again under eight meters (7.86m).
In his fourth attempt, the young Italian achieved a performance of 8.10 meters and “climbed” temporarily into first place (as his second best jump was higher than that of Tendoglou), however the athlete of the Kifissia Gymnastics Association immediately responded: he “flew” to 8.15 meters and once again took the lead in the ranking of the final.
And while the final seemed to be a “battle” for two, the Jamaican Carey McLeod achieved a performance of 8.21 meters in his fifth attempt, entering… firmly in the contention for the gold medal. In his fifth jump, Furlani “landed” at 8.04 meters, as a result of which Tedoglou remained first and in his own attempt achieved a performance of 8.11 meters.
In his sixth attempt McLeod had a jump of 8.03 meters, as a result of which he remained third, although the German Simon Butz also passed eight meters (8.06 meters). Furlani risked a big jump to take the lead, but his attempt was disallowed, allowing Tedoglou to lock up the gold medal and then clear 8.19m on his final jump. .