Track and field world records are celebrated with enthusiasm and ruckus in Olympic stadiums. It’s a pity that silence is one of the most wonderful adventures with vastness Tokyo Games. Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas, 25, who was silver in Rio in 2016, won gold this time in the triple jump, surpassing the Olympic mark and, moreover, reaching the greatest distance in history. It surpassed a world mark established 26 years ago by 17 centimeters. He jumped 15m 67 in his last attempt. He turned the page to Ukrainian Inessa Kravets, who completed 15m50 in 1995.
The performance was a film thing. In the very first jump, he managed to break the Olympic record in 2008 with a height of 14 meters 40 – eleven centimeters higher than champion François Mungo of Cameroon of Beijing. And then, in the sixth and final jump, Olympus came. “I am grateful for this unique moment I leave Tokyo through the front door,” the athlete said. There were parties in the streets in Caracas. “When I woke up in the morning, I thought it might be a good day”, said Ulimar briefly.
The achievement commemorates the longest-standing individual world record in athletics:
800 meters, July 26, 1983
Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czech Republic)
1m53s28
400 meters, 6 October 1985
Marita Koch (East Germany)
47s60
Shot put, June 7, 1987
Natalya Lisovskaya (URSS)
22m63
high jump, 30 August 1987
Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)
2m09
long jump, June 11, 1988
Galina Chistyakova (URSS)
7m52
discus throw, July 9, 1988
Gabrielle Reinsch (East Germany)
76m89
100 meters, July 16, 1988
Florence Griffith Joyner (United States of America)
10s49
heptathlon, September 24, 1988
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States of America)
7 291 points
200 meters, September 29, 1988
Florence Griffith Joyner (United States of America)
21s34
