Emiliano Laza is just three centimetres away from qualifying for the 2024 Paris long jump medal final

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Emiliano Laza Dawn debuts this Sunday Uruguay In their third party Olympic Games He uses his expertise to do this. long jumpin this competition he was once again very close to reaching the medal final.

The first of three attempts in the competition, with a score of 7.87 meters Stade de Francehe 34 years old Uruguayan He completed the race scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, in the same way, with 80,000 people in the stands on a new day of track and field action.

After jumping 7.87 meters, the Uruguayan managed 7.58 on his second attempt and then 7.70 to end his place in the championship. Stade de France.

As in Tokyo 2020In this competition, Lhasa was eliminated from the final by just one centimeter. Paris 2024 Olympic Games The athlete, who has been working for San Pablo for more than 10 years, ranked 13th, 3 centimeters behind the German in 12th place. Simon Butts (7,90).

But Batts wasn’t the one eliminated. Emiliano Laza But while the Uruguayan still made the top 12, it was the Englishman who improved his record Jacob Fincham-DukesAfter an ineffective first attempt and a jump of 7.38 meters, he scored 7.96 points in the last test to seal his ticket to the finals.

In this way, as it has done three times in the Olympic Games so far, Emiliano Laza On Sunday, he finished in the top 15 again in the long jump, which has 31 competitors in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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exist Rio de Janeiro 2016 The Uruguayan finished sixth, achieving Olympic Diplomaexist Tokyo 2020 He ranked 13th, just one centimeter away from the final. Paris 2024 Olympic Games He repeated the position but was only three centimeters away from classification.

After being eliminated from the finals, Emiliano Laza He is 13th overall, with the 12 men competing for medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics being: Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou (8.32m), Czech Radek Juska (8.15), Chinese Wang Jianan (8.12), Swiss Simon Ehammer (8.09), Croatian Filip Pravdica (8.04), Italian Mattía Furlani (8.01), Jamaican Wayne Pinnock (7.96), Briton Jacob Fincham-Dukes (7.96), Chinese Zhang Mingkun (7.92), Colombian Arnovis Dalmero (7.92), Jamaican Carey MacLeod (7.90) and German Simon Butts (7.90).