Miltos Tedoglou did it again! He is a gold World indoor champion in Glasgow. With a jump of 8.22 m he celebrated first place.
This was the first medal for Greece at the Glasgow Worlds and the 10th (!) for the huge Miltos Tedoglou in a major event.
Somehow, Tedoglou joined the closed club of Larry Myricks, who has won twice in 1987 and 1989), Mauro Vinicius da Silva (2012, 2014) and the legendary Ivan Pedroso, who has managed to win this event in five consecutive times (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001) and reached 10 Olympic, World and European medals in the men’s category.
The Italian Furlani with 8.22m was second because his second best effort was 8.10m with Tedoglou having 8.19m.
THE FIGHT
The match was impressive, with the Greek champion having a great battle with the Italian Mattia Furlani. The two athletes started with 8.22 and the race was decided on the second best jump (Tedoglou 8.19, Fulani 8.10). The third place was won by Carey McLoud with 8.21.
The Greek champion showed… fierce with the “good morning” and made a big jump at 8.22m. The same performance was made by Matias Furlani, with the two athletes going hand in hand throughout the race. In his second jump, Tedoglou was just short below 8m, specifically jumping to 7.94m. A jump that, of course, did not leave him happy.
On his third attempt, the Greek champion jumped wide and appeared to make a jump around 8.30m. but his attempt was not counted, as invalid.
A… small loss occurred on the fourth jump. Matteo Furlani spent a few minutes at the top, after clocking a better second attempt than Tedoglou with 8.10. The Greek champion, as usual, immediately responded with a jump at 8.15 and maintained his position at the top.
In the fifth attempt, Tedoglou jumped to 8.11 and the Italian to 8.04, going to a finale…thriller.
The finale, however, was inglorious for Furlani and ideal for Tedoglou. The Italian made a void, essentially sealing the top for the Greek champion, who without stress jumped at 8.19m.
THE FINAL RANKING
With data from sportfm.gr
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