A morning competition session was held in London, during which triple jumpers played for tickets to the finals. To qualify for the finals, the athletes had to overcome the mark of 14.2 m. But, as it turned out, not everyone in this world is ready to conquer such distances. Only seven athletes fulfilled the standard! Olga Rypakova was among them. Moreover, it was our prima who was the most convincing among all her opponents.
For example, Katerina Ibarguen from Colombia, the main favorite of this world championship, made it to the final, albeit on the first attempt, but exceeded the required standard by only 1 cm. The owner of the best result of the season in the world, Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela, had to jump twice at all, because in the first attempt she “flew away” by only 14.17 m! Kimberly Williams from Jamaica qualified for the finals only as a “lucky loser” – her result was among the strongest among those who failed to reach the landmark mark. Against the background of all these torments, Rypakova jumped just great – 14.57 m on the first attempt!
With this, Olga not only fulfilled the required standard, but also “canceled” all the conversations that arose after an unsuccessful July that Rypakova was far from all right.
But in order to win and become one of the winners, you need to jump at least 20 cm further, so we have no choice but to wish our miracle athlete to set a new best personal result of the season!
QUALIFICATION RESULTS
1. Olga RYPAKOVA (Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan region) – 14.57
2. Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) – 14.52
3. Susanna Costa (Portugal) – 14.35
4. Patricia Mamona (Portugal) – 14.29
5. Kristin Girich (Germany) – 14.25
6. Shanika Ricketts (Jamaica) – 14.21
7. Catherine Ibarguen (Colombia) – 14.21
8. Hannah Knyazeva-Minenko (Israel) – 14,17
9. Kimberly Williams (Jamaica) – 14.14
10. Anna Jagacek (Poland) – 14.09
11. Ana Peleteiro (Spain) – 14.07
12. Neely Eckhardt (Germany) – 14.07
13. Tori Franklin (USA) – 14.03
14. Elena Panturoyu (Romania) – 14.02
15. Dzindzaletaite (Lithuania) – 13.97
16. Kristina Myakela (Finland) – 13.92
17. Gabriela Petrova (Bulgaria) – 13.90
18. Jeanine Assani Issouf (France) – 13.87
19. Thea Lafont (Dominica) – 13.82
20. Paraskevi Papachristou (Greece) – 13.75
21. Tanya Da Silva (Brazil) – 13.74
22. Liadagmis Povea (Cuba) – 13.55
23. Nadia Eke (Ghana) – 13.54
24. Tamara Myers (Bahamas) – 13.41
25. Fatima Diame (Spain) – 13.36
26. Maria OVCHINNIKOVA (Kazakhstan) – 13.18
Alexey Gubanov
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