Ana Peleteiro, world champion bronze in triple jump

    MADRID, 3 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish athlete Ana Peleteiro has won the bronze medal in triple jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships, which is being held in Glasgow, and thus achieves the first medal for the Spanish delegation at the Scottish event.

The Galician, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympic Games, signed a 14.75 that became her second best indoor jump, above the 14.73 that earned her gold at the 2019 European Indoor Championships, also disputed in Glasgow. All after having become a mother at the end of 2022.

In the first international triple competition without the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Peleteiro started with a 13.93 that she far surpassed in her second jump, a 14.67 with which she was in silver position. only behind the Dominican Thea LaFond.

In the third, she came close with another great mark of 14.64, before the Cuban Leyanis Pérez, with a 14.90, moved her to provisional third position. A failure in the fourth preceded the improvement in the fifth, a 14.75 that was the best Spanish indoor mark of all time and which placed it in podium positions.

The disciple of Iván Pedroso closed the competition with 14.41. The gold went to the Dominican Thea LaFond, world leader of the year with her jump of 15.01 in her first attempt, while the Cuban Leyanis Pérez (14.90) took the silver.

On the other hand,

The Barcelona native was just seven hundredths off her personal best in qualifying rounds dominated by the Polish Pia Skrzyszowska, who reached the semi-finals with a time of 7.80.