Oregon Ducks’ Emmanuel Ihemeje finishes 5th in triple jump at World Athletics Championships

The Oregon Geese’ Emmanuel Ihemeje made the highest eight of the lads’s triple leap closing on the World Athletics Championships on Saturday night to earn himself three extra jumps and an opportunity at a medal.

Ihemeje, who competes for Italy, couldn’t provide you with a sufficiently big leap for a podium end. However with a leap of 56 ft, 4 inches on his sixth and closing try, Ihemeje did transfer as much as end fifth, one spot forward of the US’ Donald Scott.

It will have been a private document for Ihemeje, if not for a tailwind that exceeded the allowable 2.0 meters per second. Fellow Italian Andrea Dallavalle jumped 56-7¼ to additionally end simply off the rostrum, in fourth.

Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo leaped 58-10¾ on his first try to set a normal that nobody else may match. Pichardo introduced residence the gold medal to match the gold he gained on the Tokyo Olympics final summer time.

Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso took the silver with a mark of 57-7, whereas China’s Yaming Zhu earned the bronze with a greatest leap of 56-9½.

American Will Claye completed eleventh.