Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia can jump -- especially three times in a row. Ibargüen lept 15.17 meters (49’9.25) to win the gold medal in the triple jump on Sunday night in Rio, improving on her silver medal from London.
Olympics 2016: Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia wins gold medal in women’s triple jump
A monster leap in the fourth round was enough to hold off the competition on Sunday night in Rio.
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Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela won the silver with a jump of 14.98 meters and Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova finished third with a leap of 14.74 meters.
Rypakova won the event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with a leap of 14.98 meters, beating out Ibargüen, who leapt 14.80 meters. Ibargüen won the world title in 2015 in Beijing with a leap of 14.90 meters. She didn’t quite match her personal best of 15.31 meters, but it was good enough for gold on Sunday.
Ibargüen jumped 15.03 meters in the second round, but improved upon it with a 15.17-meter leap in the fourth round. She never looked back, as no other jumper was able to clear the 15-meter mark.
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