Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas is stepping up her preparations for next month’s World Athletics Championships title defence.
The Venezuelan world record holder has confirmed she will feature at Meeting Internacional C.D Meliz Sport in Guadalajara, Spain on 14 August.
The international track and field event takes place at the Pistas de Atletismo Fuente de la Niña track, with Rojas confirming her return when visiting the Venezuelan Consulate General in Madrid.
The Tokyo 2020 champion last competed in March, which was her first appearance since an Achilles tendon injury ruled her out of defending her Olympic title at Paris 2024.
The seven-time world champion (three indoors and four outdoors) registered four no-jumps in the long jump before withdrawing from that March indoor meeting in Salamanca, Spain.
Known in her native Venezuela as “La Reina Del Triple Salto”, the queen of the triple jump, Rojas will target a fifth outdoor world title at next month’s championships in Tokyo, having already won gold London 2017, Doha 2019, Eugene 2022 and Budapest 2023.
Rojas told Olympics.com earlier this year that her sights are also on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
“It’s the goal, it’s the objective,” she said.
“What’s true is that you have to go through a process and go step by step. This year is important: we have the world championships in Tokyo and that’s our goal.
“But our sights and focus will be on Los Angeles. I’m very happy to return and to be able to walk, and to be able to travel to Los Angeles in good condition.”