Athletics-Venezuela's Rojas smashes women's triple jump world record to take gold

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Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas soared out to 15.67 metres on Sunday to smash the world record with her final attempt, as she became the first woman Olympic champion in her country's history.

A charismatic presence throughout, Rojas began with a brilliant jump of 15.41m that took her 2cm beyond the Olympic record set by Cameroon's Francoise Mbango in 2008 in Beijing.

Rojas, who won silver five years ago in Rio, held the smattering of people in the stands, part of Olympic delegations who likely came to see the 100m final later in the evening, enthralled. Rojas has been the dominant force in the sport since the last Olympics, winning the world title a year later and repeating the feat in Doha in 2019.

Mamona, who caught COVID-19 in January and had to take a few weeks out from training, said winning an Olympic medal had made 20 years of hard training all worth it.

 

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