Zango earns first global gold with late effort

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The men’s triple jump saw Hugues Fabrice Zango complete his world medal collection with a gold to add to the bronze he won in Doha in 2019 and the silver secured at last year’s event in Oregon.

The 30-year-old France-based athlete, who earned Olympic bronze in Tokyo, established an early lead of 17.37m before Cuba’s Lazaro Martinez took over top spot with 17.41m. Martinez’s team-mate Cristian Napoles then moved into silver position with a personal best of 17.40m before Zango returned to the gold standard with a penultimate effort of 17.64m.

here was disappointment for Jamaica’s 18-year-old rising talent Jaydon Hibbert, who had to scratch from the competition after the first round.