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Double Olympic and defending world champion Miltiadis Tentoglou failed to marque it to the 2nd circular of jumps astatine the World Athletics Championships successful Tokyo, with Italy’s Mattia Furlani underlining his status arsenic the coming antheral successful agelong leap when helium won the world title with a idiosyncratic champion leap of 8.39 meters.
A calf wounded during his 2nd effort enactment an ignominious extremity to the Greek’s effort to support the title helium had won successful 2023 successful Budapest, successful a year plagued with injuries.
The world person this year with 8.46m, ne'er looked himself and his 7.83m successful the archetypal circular was 11th-best of the archetypal three rounds with lone the top 10 advancing for other jumps.
The 20-year-old Furlani, the world indoor champion, became the youngest and archetypal Italian winner of the title aft speeding down the runway and soaring into the humid Tokyo nighttime connected his 5th attempt.
Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle, world champion six years agone and bronze medalist successful 2023, took metallic with 8.34m, up of China’s China’s Shi Yuhao (8.33m). [Kathimerini, Reuters]
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