Yulimar Rojas sets new indoor triple jump world record in Madrid

Yulimar Rojas sets new indoor triple jump world record in Madrid
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Yulimar Rojas

Rojas won silver at the Rio Olympics four years ago

Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas claimed a new world indoor triple jump record at the final World Indoor Tour event of the season in Madrid.

The 24-year-old double world champion recorded 15.43m with her sixth and final attempt.

It eclipsed Russian Tatyana Lebedeva’s previous landmark from 2004 by seven centimetres.

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The outdoor record stands at 15.50m, set by Sweden’s Inessa Kravets in Gothenburg in 1995.

Rojas secured a South American indoor record of 15.03m in Metz earlier this month in her first triple jump competition of the year.

Madrid is a successful venue for her, having been the scene of her first outdoor 15m leap in 2016 as well as four of her indoor personal best performances.

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