Athletics World Championships | Yulimar Rojas, who dominates the women’s triple jump, has two goals, one of which is to cross 16 meters: “I was born for it”

One One of the brightest athletes at the World Championships in Eugene is the triple jumper from Venezuela Yulimar Rojas.

Many remember his wild vents from last summer. In the final of the Tokyo Olympics, he jumped to victory with a result of 15.67, improving the world record by no less than 17 cents.

In March, at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Rojas was in a class of his own. He jumped 15.74, broke the indoor world record in his own name by 31 cents and beat Ukraine, who came in for silver Marina Beh-Romanshuk by exactly a meter.

The balance of recent years is impressive: World Championship gold from outdoor tracks in 2019 and 2017, indoor from 2022, 2016 and 2018. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Rojas won silver.

A happy triple jumper in the finals of the Tokyo Olympics last summer.

But who is this 26-year-old 192-centimeter bounce prodigy from Venezuela, the first female Olympic champion?

Olympic site According to Rojas, he started high jumping at the age of 15, before switching to the long jump and finally the triple jump eight years ago.

Originally, she would have wanted to be a volleyball player, but the nearby Anzoategui sports center did not have a team for her, says The Guardian.

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The long jump still goes with Rojas. He was scheduled to compete in the World Championships in Eugene, in addition to the triple jump, in the long jump.

Rojas broke the competition limit in the long jump in June with a result of 693 centimeters. It would have won silver at the 2019 World Championships, but because Rojas did it with the wrong shoes, the result was not accepted.

Although he will not be able to double at the next World Championships, he will probably be seen competing in the long jump in the future as well.

Frankly Rojas, a homosexual, is known in his home country as an advocate for the rights of sexual and gender minorities (abbreviated as LGBT). In Venezuela, there has been a debate in recent years about the right of same-sex marriage.

“Since I started sports, I have always tried to fight for the ideologies and rights of women and the LGBT community,” said Rojas Outsports website according to an interview with El Pais magazine in 2020.

One One of Finland’s medal hopes at the World Championships in Eugene is a triple jumper Senni Salminenwho told In an interview with HS will closely follow the Venezuelan’s career.

“Rojas is long-legged and really fast. It’s like he was created for the triple jump,” Salminen described.

There are currently two things in sports that drive Rojas forward. The second is to reach the 16 meter ghost mark in the triple jump.

“I’ll get there. I was born for it,” he told the Olympics website.

Another goal is to beat the coach’s sea rites. It’s a tough goal, but Rojas is well on his way.

Rojas’ Cuban coach Ivan Pedroso won gold in the long jump at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In addition, Pedroso has won four outdoor and five indoor world championships in the long jump.

The duo the collaboration started when Facebook’s algorithm recommended Pedroso to Rojas as a friend. Rojas left a message for Pedroso and told him how much he admired him.

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They communicated on Facebook and eventually Rojas went to Pedroso’s place in Guadalajara, Spain to train. That’s what Rojas considers a turning point in his life.

“It was fate,” Rojas told The Guardian.

In value competitions success is never a given for an athlete. Still, you have to believe in it like a rock. After winning Olympic gold last summer with a world record, Rojas knew it even before the numbers appeared on the scoreboard. He had felt it in his legs.

“I didn’t have to look because my head, heart and body already knew. My coach was yelling and jumping and cheering. It was unbelievable!”

Rojas encourages people to pursue their own dreams in several of his Instagram updates, because he himself has made many of his goals come true.

For example, after the indoor track world championship in March in Belgrade, Rojas wrote on Instagram: “Don’t stop fighting for your dreams, as long as you work hard for them, you will achieve what you want.”

His motto is: nothing is impossible.

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