Stellar feats: Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim in action during the men’s high jump final. Mutaz shared the gold medal with Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi (below). — Reuters/AP
TOKYO: Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela jumped 15.67m to smash the world record in the women’s triple jump with her last attempt, having already secured the gold medal.
The previous record of 15.50m was set by Ukraine’s Inessa Kravets in 1995 in Sweden.
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