Andrea Dallavalle’s late rate almost revoked the leadership of Pedro Pichardo, but the final jump of the Olympic champion assured the global victory.
Pedro Pichardo showed why he is an Olympic medalist twice when he achieves a spectacular final jump to ensure gold. The triple male jump, held tonight (September 19) in Tokyo, kept the spectators on the edge of their seats while Andrea Dallavalle of Italy almost stole the show with a great jump.
The competition was established in the final round with Pichardo comfortably leading. However, Dallavalle, then sitting in fourth place, launched an extraordinary leap or 17.64m, the best of his career, which took him to the first place and sent the crowd to the celebrations.
But Pichardo was not over. In his last attempt, Tokyo 2021’s Olympic champion and the 2024 Paris silver medalist dug deeply and produced a massive leap leader in the world of 17.91 m, recovering the first place and finally taking gold.
Dallavalle’s incredible effort earned him silver, while Lázaro Martínez de Cuba claimed bronze with a better brand or 17.49m. Martínez, who achieved only two valid jumps in the midst of several fouls, seemed to suffer an injury in his final attempt, which adds to an intense competition.
Yasser Mohammed Triki of Algeria was pushed to fourth place after the final jump of Dallavalle, ending with a solid 17.25m.
There was a great disappointment for the local crowd in Tokyo, since the current Olympic champion and world champion Haruka Kitaguchi could not be classified for the women’s javel final on September 19.
Kitaguchi, one of the favorites who entered the competition, could not find his rhythm and could only handle a better launch or 60.38m, well below his best personal moment of 67.38m. It was not enough to win its place in the Top 12, bringing an early and unexpected end to its defense of the title.
She said: “I was very happy with this crowd on stage, but I couldn’t launch well today. I’m very sorry.
Japan’s frustration did not stop there. Momone Ueda also lost a final place for the narrowest margins. Its launch or 60.49m placed its 13th, only one place and a few centimeters below the rating.
In the upper part of the classification, Adriana Vilagos de Serbia led the way with a strong 66.06m, closely followed by Mackenzie Little of Australia with 65.54m. Anette Sietina de Latvia threw 63.67m to complete the first three in the final of tomorrow, where the medals are still at stake.
Vilagos said: “I was a little surprised with my launch in the third round. In the last two qualifications in the main competitions it was so bad for me. I tried not to be too nervous here, but I failed. More confidence for the final.
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