Greek Olympic champion, Miltiadis Tentoglou, won first place for long jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday.
The five-time champion at the continental level, with two outdoor European titles and three indoors, produced the best leap of the night in the final round, to secure a Gold medal for Greece.
Tentoglou’s final leap of 8.52 metres bought him ahead of Jamaican leader, Wayne Pinnock, who was in the lead on Wednesday, according to World Athletics.
On Wednesday, Pinnock made a world-leading 8.54 metres opening jump to qualify, with a personal best by 17cm, reported Ekathimerini.
The master of the last jump 😮💨
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 24, 2023
🇬🇷's Miltiadis Tentoglou files to 8.52m to become the long jump world champion ‼️ #WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/wCbLl1nZbD
The Greek champion blazed through on the final round, overtaking Pinnock, who was unable to improve his final jump.
Μαγικό τελευταίο άλμα και χρυσό για τον Τεντόγλου!
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 24, 2023
🇬🇷's Miltiadis Tentoglou flies out to a massive 8.52m in his 6th and final attempt of the men's long jump final to win his first #WorldAthleticsChamps long jump gold medal 💪 pic.twitter.com/x27B9b5pZv
“It was a great competition, a great battle, better than last year,” the 25-year-old new World Champion said in an interview with World Athletics media. “The only gold medal I was missing is now mine.”
“Now I’m going to defend all my titles,” Tentoglou proclaimed.
Source: Ekathimerini and World Athletics
