Athletics: Jordan Dazs rises to global stardom in Paris

And thespaa has potential olympic gold and world record holder in figure Jordan Dazs. The statement may be intimidating or seem a little bulky, but the truth is so stubborn that there is no other choice but to give in to the evidence.

The triple jump of Cuban origin showed it at the Paris Diamond League meeting with an unforgettable competition in which, among other things, he overtook the gold medal in Tokyo Peter Paul Picardoto the Americans Christian Taylor and perkins Hughes Fabric ZangoIndoor world record holder.

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still unknown At what time will Daz be able to wear the Spain shirt – the decision rests with the world athletics team – But now he’s accumulating prestige and dropping business cards.

Tonight, in the best triple competition so far this season, he was able to Fly four times above 17.40. And all those jumps were against the wind. Simply brutal.

The Even Pedroso’s student21, started with a modest jump of 16.58 (+0.6) meters but already on his second try he flew up to 17.44 (-0.1), a mark that wasn’t enough for him to lead the test after 17.65 (-0.8) of the Cuban Andy Dazsand personal brand and 17.48 (-0.9) for Olympic champion Piccardo.

Jordan Dazz better to 17.64 (-1.0) on his third attempt and In the fourth, with a headwind of 1.4, he was first with 17.66only 10 cm from His last national record.

The sixth and final jump, dedicated to the top three films, provided a film finale. Jordan Dazs opened the fight with 17.40 (-0.2) and Andy Dazs responded with a longer jump (17.57) that didn’t help snatch the victory from the Spaniards. It was Picardo, about 17.80, but the Portuguese climbed a bit on the board and invalidated his jump.

two difficult faces

Another Spaniard who attracted attention in Paris was Aseer Martinezwho opened his participation by winning the semi-finals of 110 hurdles with 13.30 (-1.7) against opponents who qualified as the new French discipline jewel, Sasha Zoya; World Champion of 60 Hurdles Andrew Posey European Champion and World Medalist Pascal Martino Lagarde.

Already in the final, Navarres ran again beside him Devon Allen – World Leader of the Year – Like two days in Oslo, but this time He never entered the race, brought down many fences and ended up leaving him in the last metres To finish with a time of 13.69 (-0.2) – Allen won with a time of 13.16-. Which is that even the best writer throws some blur.

In addition to, Abdul Samad O Khalfin He achieved the minimum European Championships in Munich, having finished the 5000 meters final with a time of 13: 22.77 minutes.

Record allowed for O’Celvin, Bronze at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships in Gävle (Sweden)reduce the minute 13:24.00 required to compete in the Bavarian capital by more than a second, which they have already done Adel Meshaal and Wassim Omez.

But the 23-year-old Spaniard couldn’t fight for the win that went to the Ethiopian Salmon Berigathe current Olympic champion in the 10,000 metres, with a time of 12:56.19 minutes.

eternal feud

At the general level, it should be noted that the two bars Winfried Motel Yaffe He won the 3000 hurdles final with a time of 8:56.55 minutes, the fourth best mark of all time. And that his approach to overcoming obstacles can be frankly improved.

The 35-year-old Jamaica’s victory was frightening Shelly Ann Fraser Pricethe silver medal at the Tokyo Games, which returned his best world record for this year, after winning the 100 meters final with a time of 10.67 (+0.5) seconds.

Nor has he made any concessions to his rivals, the current Olympic champion and world 400m champion, the Bahamas Stephen Gardinerwho clearly won the stadium test round with a time of 44.21 seconds.

that it His twenty-second victory over this distancewho has not lost since the World Cup final in London 2017, when he was beaten by Wade van Niekerk.

The Canadian was more gray Andre de Grasse, The reigning Olympic champion, who not only failed to break the 20-second barrier in the 200-meter final, but also With a time of 20.38 (+0.6) seconds, he took fourth placeIn a test won by South Africa Luxolo Adams With a record of 19.82 seconds.