As expected, the Cuban triple players Lázaro Martínez and Christian Napoli They qualified for the final of their specialty at the World Athletics Championships that opened this Saturday in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Indoor Universal Monarch in 2022Martínez achieved the third best mark of the qualifying rounds (17.12 meters), while Napoli achieved the fifth (16.95).
He only competitor to exceed 17.15 meters required as a minimum mark to ensure presence in the discussion of the medals was the spectacular Jamaican jaydon ibbertwho achieved 17.70 and was placed at the head of the favorites for gold, especially after the retirement of the Cuban nationalized Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo.
Tokyo Olympic Monarch, The man from Santiago will not be able to defend the crown won in Eugene 2022 due to pain in the lower back.
Other renowned athletes who will be in the fight for the podium are the Chinese Yaming Zhu (17.14), the Burkinabe Hugues Fabrice Zango (17.12) and the American veteran Will Claye (16.72).
The triple jump (in both sexes) concentrates the greatest Cuban hopes to achieve a medal in the magyar event and thus avoid repeating the disaster experienced a year ago in the championships organized by the United States.
By the way, the island delegation to the event has already suffered The loss of hammer hammer Yasmani Fernándezwhich left the group on the scale made in Paris.
