Athletics-Rojas claims fourth straight world triple jump title with last attempt

Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's Triple Jump Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 25, 2023 Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas celebrates after winning gold in the women's triple jump final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title on Friday, securing victory on her last jump to narrowly avoid a huge disappointment.

The world record holder and Olympic champion - unbeaten in more than two years - only sneaked into the final round of eight jumpers in last place before summoning a magical 15.08 metres on her final attempt to overtake Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk of Ukraine.