Deep thoughts on a stupendous day two of World Indoor Track & Field
The second day of the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, had spills and chills from the beginning to the end of sessions 1 and 2.
The crowd of 5,000 Scottish fans in both sessions was treated to some of the finest running, jumping, and vaulting today.
1. One centimeter is the difference between gold, silver, and bronze!
Miltiadis Tentoglou opened the long jump with a leap of 8.22 meters. Italy’s wunderkind, Mattia Furlani, leaped 8.22 meters in the next attempt. Neither improved. So, the final decision on the medals came down to second best jumps. Tentoglou had an 8.15m second best and Furlani had a 8.10m second best. Carey McLeod of Jamaica pushed the rest of the field out of bronze medal contention with his jump of 8.21m.
The Greek star was an unhappy camper, and he noted that in his flash quote: “This result does not mean anything to me. I did not like the competition today; it was bad for me. I jumped terribly. The morning final is like a ‘dog shit.’ I do not care much, but I was lucky to win. I am just a lucky guy. It was very close. I hope everyone had some fun today. At least, it was exciting at the end. This track is one of my favorites, so it was good, similar to Budapest. I was not excited about winning this title, and I do not think it will help me prepare for the summer. It was just another competition for me. I consider a long jump one of the hardest events because of the board and your needed accuracy. You need to run like a sprinter to hit the board perfectly – this is the difficult part of the long jump. The jump itself is easy. The hard part is the run-up. So, if they want to remove this, the long jump would be the easiest event. If that happens, I will not do the long jump anymore. I will be a triple jumper.”
2. Burkina Faso gets a gold medal from its favorite triple jumper
Hughes Fabrice Zango does a lot of firsts for his country, Burkina Faso.
Yasser Mohamed Triki, Algeria, opened the jumping at 17.35m, as the rest of the field gook a while to get over seventeen meters. Triki fouled in attempts 2 and 3 and then passed the rest of the competition.
Hughes Fabrice Zango worked hard, going from 16.99mm to his fifth place 17.53m jump, when he finally took the lead and gave Burkina…
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