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Athletics, bronze medal, indoor world championships, Tiago Luís Pereira, triple jump, first medal of the athlete's career at 30 years old.
The 30-year-old Sporting athlete risked everything in the last rehearsal to win Portugal's first indoor world medal in Glasgow. It's the fourth ever triple-jump podium for the National Team
The 30-year-old jumper won his first career medal after a race in which he achieved the mark of 16.74 meters in the second rehearsal
The 30-year-old jumper won the first medal of his career, after a race in which he achieved the mark of 16.74 meters in the second test, guaranteeing eighth place and access to the second half of the final, and, after three failed tests, he gained a boost to bronze in the final jump. Tiago Luís Pereira was behind Hugues Fabrice Zango, from Burkina Faso, gold medal with 17.53 meters, and the Algerian Yasser Mohammed Triki, silver, with 17.35, in …
It is the first medal for Portugal in the world championships that take place in Glasgow, Scotland.
Portuguese jumped 17.08 meters in Glasgow.
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