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 (Hungary), Aug 24 (Ians) Spain swept the four titles of the race walking at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest as Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez both doubled their victories here on Thursday.
Just as he did in the men’s 20km race last Saturday, Martin accelerated with 5km to go, but this time he had to battle for the leading position with Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador.
The 29-year-old Spaniard kept his pace with a strong finish, clinching the 35km title in a personal best and national record of 2 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds, reports Xinhua.
Pintado was four seconds behind to grab the silver medal while Tomohiro Noda, runner-up at last year’s World Championships, added a bronze to his medal collection in 2:25:50.
“In the last kilometre I had to push hard because I was so tired and Pintado was so close,” said Martin. “It was a tougher...
Just as he did in the men’s 20km race last Saturday, Martin accelerated with 5km to go, but this time he had to battle for the leading position with Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador.
The 29-year-old Spaniard kept his pace with a strong finish, clinching the 35km title in a personal best and national record of 2 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds, reports Xinhua.
Pintado was four seconds behind to grab the silver medal while Tomohiro Noda, runner-up at last year’s World Championships, added a bronze to his medal collection in 2:25:50.
“In the last kilometre I had to push hard because I was so tired and Pintado was so close,” said Martin. “It was a tougher...
- 8/24/2023
- 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
Budapest (Hungary), Aug 19 (Ians) Spain’s Alvaro Martin claimed the first gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships by winning the men’s 20km race walk here on Saturday.
This was the only final in the morning session on the first day and the start was delayed because of inclement weather.
However, Martin did not allow the delay to distract him as he came up with a tactical race.
The 29-year-old pushed himself forward with 5km to go, winning his first gold in a major event with this season’s world-leading result of 1:17:32, reports Xinhua.
“I had an amazing race today, I did not expect to finish this fast, it is amazing. I cannot express all my feelings right now, it feels like a dream,” said Martin, as all of the top eight finalists improved their personal bests in the race.
Perseus Karlstrom of Sweden finished second in...
This was the only final in the morning session on the first day and the start was delayed because of inclement weather.
However, Martin did not allow the delay to distract him as he came up with a tactical race.
The 29-year-old pushed himself forward with 5km to go, winning his first gold in a major event with this season’s world-leading result of 1:17:32, reports Xinhua.
“I had an amazing race today, I did not expect to finish this fast, it is amazing. I cannot express all my feelings right now, it feels like a dream,” said Martin, as all of the top eight finalists improved their personal bests in the race.
Perseus Karlstrom of Sweden finished second in...
- 8/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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