Portugal’s Tiago Luís Pereira finished eleventh in the triple jump final of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest yesterday. Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango succeeded Pedro Pablo Pichardo as world champion, with a jump of 17.64 metres, while Cubans Lázaro Martínez (17.41 m) and Cristian Nápoles (17.40 m) completed the podium.
Tiago Luís Pereira, 29 years old, started with a jump of 16.26 meters and continued with two clear points, omitting the eight finalists and having the chance to make three more jumps, having reached the final with 16.77 achieved in qualifying, on Saturday , when he achieved the best jump of the year, still far from his personal best (17.11).
The Sporting athlete was the only Portuguese representative in the triple league, due to the absence of Pichardo, Olympic, European and until yesterday World champion, who suffered from lower back pain that kept him out for most of the off-season.
The new world champion finally, at the age of 30, earned a gold medal in a major competition, after silver at the Oregon2022 Worlds and bronze at Doha2019 and at the Tokyo2020 Olympics, when he won the first Olympic medal in his country’s history . However, he has held the world indoor track record holder since January 2021, having jumped 18.07 meters during a test in Aubière, France.
In addition to being a highly competitive athlete, Zango holds a master’s degree in electronics, electrical energy and automation from the University of Artois, in France, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Reims, also in France, the latter obtained earlier this year .
Fatoumata Diallo eliminated
Portugal’s Fatoumata Diallo lost the semi-finals of the 400 meters hurdles at the World Championships yesterday, with a seventh place in the fourth heat of the qualifications.
The 23-year-old athlete made her debut in individual competitions at the World Championships, after competing in the 4×400 meter relay, with a time of 56.03 seconds, which gave her 26th place out of 41 attendees, but far from her goals .
“I wanted more. I’m very happy to be among the best here, but it didn’t go well and I have to keep working and improving my technique on the hurdles. It was a great experience, I wanted to improve my level.” record and take the record and what I wanted didn’t happen,” complained the CO Pechão athlete. “It didn’t work out, but athletics is like that. There are ups and downs. I have to work to be better next year,” he promised.
Source: DN
