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Tokyo 2020: Yulimar Rojas makes great history for Venezuela: gold and world record in triple jump

2021-08-01T12:53:38.150Z


He jumped 15m67, 17 centimeters above the previous record that was 26 years old. 08/01/2021 9:41 AM Clarín.com sports Updated 08/01/2021 9:45 AM The Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas wrote the most important page of her sports career, reaching 15.67 meters to get her first Olympic gold and break a world record that had been standing for 26 years. Rojas, 25, who had a personal best of 15.43 meters before the final, improves by 17 centimeters the previous record, which had been set by


08/01/2021 9:41 AM

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 08/01/2021 9:45 AM

The Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas wrote the most important page of her sports career, reaching 15.67 meters to get her first Olympic gold and break a world record that had been standing for 26 years.

Rojas, 25, who had a personal best of 15.43 meters before the final, improves by 17 centimeters the previous record, which had been set by the Ukrainian Inessa Kravets with 15.50 meters at the 1995 World Cup in Gothenburg.

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