The fourth stage of the Diamond League was held in Birmingham today, where 2012 Olympic champion Olga Rypakova performed in the triple jump.
It should be recalled that recently the World Championships were held in London, in which the most famous track and field athlete of Kazakhstan Olga Rypakova won the bronze medal, Colombian athlete Catherine Ibarguen took second place, and Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela became the world champion. Today, these three world stars of athletics took to the track again, but they settled down in the final protocol of the jumper, to put it mildly, chaotically, and for good reason.
– The competition was difficult. – Denis Rypakov tells us. – It was very cold, it felt about sixteen degrees. A long jump plug was also installed in the sector. And when the girls got on it, the jump was not quite complete. Olga’s first attempt was small – 14.15 m, her leg was giving way, we can say there was a technical gap in the organization. Those who had distant jumps flew over the bar, for example, Williams. By the fifth and sixth attempts, Olga had already run up, and this run was powerful, but there were small spades of 3 cm, and in the sixth 0.5 cm at all, and these attempts were over 14.70 m. And this gives us hope for Zurich!
In the final protocol of the fourth stage of one of the most elite competitions, the girls arranged themselves as follows:
1. Catherine Ibarguen (Colombia) – 14.51 m
2. Kimberly Williams (Jamaica) – 14.44 m
3. OLGA RYPAKOVA (Kazakhstan) – 14.29 m
Inna Semenyak
