Ukrainian for the first time fulfilled the Olympic standard in the triple jump
Ukrainian athlete Marina Bekh-Romanchuk became the silver medalist of the eighth stage Diamond League in the Polish Chorzow in the triple jump.
Beh-Romanchuk took second place with a score of 14.70 m. The winner of the competition was the representative of Venezuela Yulimar Rojas – 15.18 m.
Thanks to a jump of 14.70 meters, Bekh-Romanchuk for the first time in her career completed the Olympic standard (14.55 m) in a triple jump and received license for the 2024 Games in Paris. In 2016 and 2021, the Ukrainian competed at the Olympics only in the long jump.
Bekh-Romanchuk can also get an Olympic license in the long jump if he meets the standard of 6.86 m.
Today, Ukrainian high jumpers Irina Gerashchenko and Yulia Levchenko also received licenses for the 2024 Olympics.
- Athletics. Diamond League 2023. Chorzow, Poland. Women. Triple jump
1. Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) – 15.18 m (the best result of the season in the world)
2. Marina Beh-Romanchuk (Ukraine) – 14.70 m
3. Leyanis Perez Hernandez (Cuba) – 14.67 m
Source: Sportarena
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