HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 6 (acn) The Cuban triple jumper Pedro Pablo Pichardo won the gold medal in the fourth stop of the Athletics Diamond League, based in Rome, Italy.
Pichardo scored 17.96 meters in the men's triple jump event, to thereby win his second title in the strongest athletic contest, after the win he achieved in Doha, Qatar, in late May.
He was escorted on the podium by his compatriots Alexis Copello (17.15), who right is not part of the Cuban national pre-selection; and Ernesto Reve (16.89).
So far this season, Pichardo leads this event with 18.08 m -third best record in history, result reached at the closing date of the Barrientos Memorial-Cuba Cup, which hosted the Panamericano Stadium, in Havana.
He has shown a huge stability as he won the event on Qatari soil with 18.06 meters, so he has surpassed 18 meters twice this season.
In historical records, the Cuban athlete, junior world monarch in Barcelona 2012 and universal runner up in Moscow 2013, is only surpassed by the British world record holder Jonathan Edwards (18.29) and American Kenny Harrison (18.09).
Also on Thursday, the Cuban Yaimé Perez won the bronze medal with 65.30 meters and her teammate Denia Caballero (61.25) finished ninth in the women's discus throw event.
The Croat Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic (67.92) earned the crown; while Australian Dani Samuels (65.47) was the silver medallist.
Likewise, the also Cuban Yordan O'Farrill finished fourth in the men's 110 meter hurdles event with time of 13.42 seconds.
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