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Cuban Jordan Diaz ran the triple jump at the Tampere-based World Junior Athletics Championships, and was crowned champion, with an all-time record for the event, although he could not keep the promise that he had made Orbe for his category, located at 17.50 m
Jordan became the triplet with the best result in World Youth, obtaining twice the mark 17.15m, in his jumps 3 and 5, something never before realized in a tournament of the world at your level. In his first jumps he recorded 16.84 m and 16.91 m, which would have been enough to crown him, because his closest supporters, respectively winners of silver and bronze, were the French Martin Lamou with 16, 66m and Jonathan Seremes with 16.18m
His performance reaffirms Cuban domination in the triple jump, as the island's athletes have won at this level on 7 occasions, including the last 4: Pedro Pablo Pichardo won in Barcelona 2012 and Lázaro Martínez He did in Eugene 2014 and Bydgoszcz 2016.
In addition, it is the seventh consecutive year in which Cubans are qualified in the triple world in the junior and youth categories.
Only 17 years old, Jordan could participate in the next World Youth Championship and equaling the feat of Lázaro Martínez
It was the first title won by Cuba in this event, a result that is late compared to that obtained in the previous edition, where the island won 3 gold medals.
s Yaritza Martinez won the bronze medal in the hammer throw, while her partner Amanda Almendáriz was fifth.
Cuba ranks 11th in the medal table with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
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