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The Cuban recovered after an uncertain qualifying round
Tampere, Finland, July 11 (JIT) .- With a competition that looked nothing like the qualifier, Cuban Maikel Vidal won the first medal here for Cuba at the U-20 World Athletics Championships: money in the long jump.
"Last night I spoke with my coach Juan Gualberto Nápoles and he told me to get into the race as I always do, because I know how to do it, and what would be good for me, "said Vidal. 7.99 meters and maybe too serious because his dream was gold.
The 2017 cadet champion was giving each jump on Wednesday, to clear the image of uncertainty left yesterday, after a tie that advanced as Last among the 12 insured, with only 7 meters and 42 centimeters .
Assisted now in this city by Ricardo Ponce, Maikel showed unbelievable stability with five jumps over 7.80 meters and one foul at the fifth outing, "Because I was already second and I wanted a big jump" , he explained.
Although he had a personal mark of 8.12 meters, these were elusive this time, something that the Japanese Yuki Hashioka, new monarch with 8.03 meters, could meet Third place goes to Jamaican Wayne Pinnock (7.90).
"It's part of the effort I'm doing, what are my family and my coach doing," said Maikel, who is now missing from the race. another very important commitment: Games of Central America and the Caribbean in Baranquilla
"There, I will also give everything, to compete well for the commitment in my country", he added
This is the sixth medal of a Cuban in the duration level, d the second silver medalist behind Saúl Isalgué in Annecy in 1988, where his compatriot Luis Bueno won the gold medal.
THE OTHER OF THE SECOND DATE
Roxana Gómez is third in her semifinal series with 53.26 seconds, insufficient time to reach the final of the apartment of 400 meters, as only the first two of each race and the two best times were guaranteed.
If the rhythm of the 200 meters was "tight" the result would have been different, since the Cienfuegos have experience and quality for times better than those obtained, but he did not realize that he was falling in third position and therefore out of the competition.
Two years ago in Bydgoszcz, Poland, something similar happened to him. final, however this time it seemed more affordable the medal discussion.
Indian favorite Hima Das had the fastest time with 52.10 seconds and is heading for the first gold medal for his country in this specialty.
The columnist Miguel Ángel Zamora also did not reach the end of the morning, without having obtained a record in any of his three attempts.
With the subtitle of Vidal, Cuba was placed tenth of a medal table with two gold medals, and Australia joined the gilts with the dominance of the decathlon. Ashley Molony, who also scored the first record of the competition with 81190 points.
Interesting that in this test the first four places insc They took personal dimensions
THURSDAY
Thursday morning will be transferred to Cuba, with the beginning of the heptathlon and Adriana Rodriguez trying to improve their money two years ago.
Amanda Almendáriz and Yaritza Martínez will look to move on to the hammer final, and in the afternoon Silinda Morales will extend the countdown to the medal in the record exit.
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