Yulimar Rojas smashes triple jump world record with 15.67m

By NBC Olympics

Published August 1, 2021 7:15 am

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At last, Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas surpassed a mark she had sought to overtake for years, breaking Ukrainian Inessa Kravets’ world record from 1995 with a giant, final-attempt leap of 15.67m to secure Olympic gold.

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