Leyanis Perez
Miramas, February 4 (PL)-- Cuban triple jumpers Liadagmis Povea and Leyanis Pérez will take part this Friday in the third edition of the Indoor Elite Meeting in Miramas, France.
Both jumpers will make their winter debut in the French event, in a jumping event that will involve the Olympic runner-up in Tokyo 2020, Portuguese Patricia Mamona and the bronze medalist Spanish Ana Peleteiro.
Fifth in the event under the five rings in the capital of Japan, Cuban Povea will try to extend the number of podiums in indoor competitions and approach or surpass the 14.54 meters achieved in January 2021 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Meanwhile, Perez, Pan American junior queen in Cali-Valley 2021, will make her debut in the traditional winter circuit with 14.53 meters as her personal best.
The women's triple jump event at the Miramas Métropole stadium will also gather Lithuanian Diana Zagainova and locals Sohanne Aucagos, Victoria Joss and Tene Cisse, according to the competition's website.
After this competition, the Antillean triple jumpers will continue their action on French soil on February 9, when they will compete in the Marsille Meeting, together with their fellow countrywoman Roxana Gómez (400 meters).
Yesterday, Cuba's Yarisley Silva won the bronze medal at the Ostrava Gala, by registering a height of 4.51 meters, behind the Belarusian Iryna Zhuk (4.71 meters) and the Slovenian Tina Šutej (4.61 meters), who won the first and second places, respectively.
The 34-year-old Silva celebrated her second win of the current winter season after a runner-up finish at the French Perche Elite Tour meeting on January 29.
In the Ostrava event, Cuban Maikel Vidal was also fourth with a jump of 7.92, surpassed by Sweden's Thobias Montler (8.21), Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou (8.15) and the United States' JuVaughn Harrison (7.98), who took the first three places, in that order.
Cuba has eight of its best athletes participating in the indoor tour, and the high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas will follow the triples tomorrow in the competition in Hustopeche, Czech Republic.
