Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo was crowned Olympic champion in the triple jump at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
He was impressive with a leap to 17.98 m on his third attempt, winning gold ahead of China’s Zhu Yaming, who set a personal best at 17.57 m, and Burkina Faso’s Hugues-Fabrice Zango (17.47). ).
The Algerian Yasser Mohamed Triki ranks 5th, the Frenchman Melvin Raffin did not have a validated performance.
A page of history
Hugues Fabrice Zango, bronze medalist at the Doha 2019 World Championships, coached by Teddy Tamgho, wrote history at the Olympic stadium in Tokyo… all on Burkina Faso’s independence day! This is the first Olympic medal for Burkina Faso in the history of the Olympic Games, after nine participations.
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-“I am very happy for Burkina Faso because it is Independence Day today and I bring the first medal in the country’s history. It’s historic for me and my country,” Burkinabé said in the mixed zone.
“I’m a little sad because the performance wasn’t there. I gave everything but I couldn’t achieve my best performance. I don’t know why, because I didn’t feel any particular pressure. I managed to produce good performances throughout the season, but not at the Olympics, so I’m a little sad. It’s a lesson and I will take the time to analyze what happened to correct them for future challenges. »
Hugues-Fabrice Zango lives in the north of France. An electrical engineering student, since January he has been the first man over 18 m indoors in the triple jump (18.07 m)
