IRVING SALADINO

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

国际田径联合会[协]

OSAKA, JAPAN — Irving Saladino of Panama won the long jump on Thursday, August 30, with a mark of 8.57 meters (28-feet-1½).

OSAKA, JAPON — El Panameño Irving Saladino se ganó la medalla de oro en el salto largo, jueves, el 30 de agosto, con una distancia de 8.57 metros.

NELSON EVORA

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

国际田径联合会[协]

OSAKA, JAPAN — Horizontalist Nelson Evora set a Portuguese national record in uncorking a huge personal best in the triple jump on Monday, August 27, winning the event with a distance of 17.74 meters (58-feet-2½).

Jadel Gregorio of Brazil (17.59/57-feet-8½) and Walter Davis of the United States (17.33/56-feeet-10¼), respectively, garnered silver and bronze in the event.

DONALD THOMAS

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

国际田径联合会[协]

OSAKA, JAPAN — Bahamian verticalist Don Thomas, an undergraduate at Auburn University, in Auburn, Alabama, United States, won the high jump competition on Wednesday, August 29, with a clearance of 2.35 meters (7-feet-8½).

TATYANA LEBEDEVA

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

国际田径联合会[协]

OSAKA, JAPAN — The Russian women placed 1-2-3 in sweeping the long jump finals on Monday, August 28, at the International Association of Athletics Federation World Championships.

Tatyana Lebedeva posted a mark of 7.03 meters (23-feet-0¾) for the victory. Lyudmila Kolchanova and Tatyana Kotova placed second and third, respectively, with distances of 6.92 (22-feet-8½) and 6.90 (22-feet-7¾).

JOHNNY CARTER

WALNUT, CALIFORNIA — Team R.A.W. (Ready and Willing) horizontalist Johnny Carter posted one of the leading youth division triple jumps in the nation at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Games in July.

Before his summer finale at USATF, Carter, while still 13 years old, bounded over the 40-foot barrier, covering a distance of 40-feet-1 in May.

A month later, the young jumper, who doubles as a 100-meter sprinter, improved his mark from the previous month by 1¼ inches, notching an effort of 40-feet-2¼ and outdistancing his nearest competitor by more than two feet. Carter’s personal best performance, however, materialized in the finals of the youth division triple jump, where he finished with a bronze medal, upping his PR to 41-7¼.

NEIL TISHER & SHADE WEYGANDT

WALNUT, CALIFORNIA — Pole vaulters Neil Tisher and Shade Weygandt, who, respectively, placed fifth and first in the intermediate girls division at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics, smile for Jump Texas readers and delight in the metallic rewards of competition. Weygandt vaulted 12-feet-5 ½ and Tisher 11-feet-5 ¾.