Rojas, winner of the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020 and defender of the world record, fulfilled what was expected and climbed to the top of the podium in San Salvador. On the day, Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn managed to win the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles event.
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After an emotional arrival in San Salvador, where she was received with honors by the members of the Venezuelan delegation in Villa Centroamericana, Yulimar Rojas confessed that one of her objectives was to win the gold medal in these regional fairs, something she could not achieve in Veracruz 2014, so far his only presentation.
The pressure for the previous results did not seem to weigh on the 27-year-old from Caracas. Since his arrival at the Jorge “El Mágico” González National Stadium, Rojas has captured the public’s attention since his warm-up rounds.
A jump of 15.16 meters in her first attempt was all the member of the FC Barcelona athletics team needed to win gold and also set a new record for the Games, surpassing the mark of 14.92 meters achieved by the Colombian Caterine ibargüen in the edition held in Barranquilla in 2018.
Yulimar Rojas, queen of the triple jump, obtained a new mark of 15.16 m, qualifying for the @Olympic Games Paris 2024. 🇻🇪🥇👑
What an honor to have her with us in a top-level stadium, such as the Jorge “El Mágico” González National Stadium! 😎🏟️
– San Salvador 2023 (@SSalvador2023) July 6, 2023
The 21-year-old Cuban Leyanis Pérez was left with the silver medal by achieving a valid jump of 14.98 meters in her attempts. The also Cuban Liadagmis Povea, bronze In the Barranquilla Games, he closed the podium with a jump of 14.85 meters in his third attempt, improving the record of 14.44 meters achieved in the last edition of the games.
For Rojas and Pérez, this Wednesday was a new face to face. On June 15 the appointment was at the Diamond League stop in Oslo, Norway. The Venezuelan prevailed, again, with a record of 14.91 m, compared to the 14.87 of the Cuban. For the Antilles, that brand then represented her best personal brand, up to the jump now achieved in El Salvador.
Camacho-Quinn took gold in the 100-meter hurdles
On the track, the Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, current Olympic champion, presented a new medal to the Borinquen delegation by placing first in the women’s 100-meter hurdles event.
Camacho-Quinn, who in the semifinal implemented a time of 12.60 seconds covering the route, being a new record for the Central American and Caribbean Games, finished the test with a record of 12.61 seconds, his highest mark in what it’s in season
“I came from Switzerland. I take victory regardless of time. The best thing is to have a gold medal, ”said she, born in South Carolina, United States, but of a Puerto Rican mother.
The silver medal went to the Cuban Greisys Roble, who left a time of 12.94 seconds, while the Costa Rican Andrea Vargas completed the podium at the end of the test with a record of 13.02 seconds.
with EFE
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