Portugal's Pichardo wins men's triple jump, China takes historical silver at Tokyo Olympics
12:13 UTC+8, 2021-08-05
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China improved from the bronze medal in Rio 2016 as Zhu Yaming took silver with a personal best of 17.57 meters, the best result for China at the Olympic Games.
12:13 UTC+8, 2021-08-05
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Xinhua
Zhu Yaming takes silver with a personal best in men's triple jump at Tokyo Olympic Games today.
Pedro Pichardo of Portugal took an outright victory in men's triple jump while China took a historical silver here at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
Pichardo only succeeded in his first three attempts – 17.61 meters of the first two and 17.98m in the third- but all would have proved enough to secure him the gold medal.
China improved from the bronze medal in Rio 2016 as Zhu Yaming took silver with a personal best of 17.57 meters, the best result for China at the Olympic Games.
Hugues Fabrice Zango won bronze, the first-ever Olympic medal for his country Burkina Faso.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Wang Qingchu
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