Cuba Triple Jumper Savigne Sets Season Best in Monaco
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- 07 / 24 / 2010
HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban triple jumper Yargelis Savigne won the tenth IAAF Diamond League stage held in Monaco with the longest jump this season.
Savigne, two-time world champion, leapt to the 15.09 meter mark in her second attempt which was enough to beat Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova (14.78) and the Russian Anna Pyataykh (14.43), according to the IAAF official website.
Now the Cuban leads the Diamond League in triple jump with 14 units, two more than Rypakova. Also, with this jump she became the first woman to pass the 15 meter barrier this year. In Lausanne, Switzerland, she had fell one centimeter shy in the previous stage.
Her team-mate Misleidis González, 2007 Pan American champion, finished fourth in the shot put event with 19.07 meters, far from the winner Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR-20.23 m) who now leads the League with 16 points.
Americans David Olivier and Tyson Gay won their races with 13.01 and 19.72 seconds in 110 meter hurdles and 100 meter respectively.
Savigne, two-time world champion, leapt to the 15.09 meter mark in her second attempt which was enough to beat Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova (14.78) and the Russian Anna Pyataykh (14.43), according to the IAAF official website.
Now the Cuban leads the Diamond League in triple jump with 14 units, two more than Rypakova. Also, with this jump she became the first woman to pass the 15 meter barrier this year. In Lausanne, Switzerland, she had fell one centimeter shy in the previous stage.
Her team-mate Misleidis González, 2007 Pan American champion, finished fourth in the shot put event with 19.07 meters, far from the winner Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR-20.23 m) who now leads the League with 16 points.
Americans David Olivier and Tyson Gay won their races with 13.01 and 19.72 seconds in 110 meter hurdles and 100 meter respectively.
Source: Radio Rebelde
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