With the very last leap of the competition, Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo soared to gold again in Tokyo, setting a world lead of 17.91m at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
The 32-year-old adds this gold to the Olympic title he claimed in the same stadium in 2021, as well as his world crown from 2022.
His winning leap came in response a PB performance by Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle, who jumped into the lead with 17.64m from his own final attempt.
But Pichardo wasn’t done and he saved his best for last, to add another honour to a global medal collection that started in 2013, when he secured silver in Moscow.
Lazaro Martinez clinched bronze with a season’s best of 17.49m.
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