It was fair and it was done: Miltos Tedoglou did not miss the gold medal at all. And he didn't miss it! The Greek champion with a jump of 8.48m. won the top spot at the Olympics for the second time in a row. After Tokyo, first in Paris too!
Miltos' second attempt "unlocked" the gold medal.
In his first jump, the 26-year-old jumper did 8.24m. and he stayed in second place, but immediately ... order was restored and with 8.48 a little later he rose to first place and never fell from it.
It was fair and it was done: Miltos Tedoglou did not miss the gold medal at all. And he didn't miss it! The Greek champion with a jump of 8.48m. won the top spot at the Olympics for the second time in a row. After Tokyo, first in Paris too!
Miltos' second attempt "unlocked" the gold medal.
In his first jump, the 26-year-old jumper did 8.24m. and he stayed in second place, but immediately ... order was restored and with 8.48 a little later he rose to first place and never fell from it.
Very easily, without... breaking a sweat, with a full appearance, Tedoglou once again made all Greeks proud with his great success!
Greece now counts 7 medals in this year's Olympic Games. One gold, one silver and five bronze! Fifth best harvest for Greek colors in history, after Athens in 1896 (47 medals), 2004 (16), Sydney in 2000 (8) and Atlanta in 1996 (13).
The first 8 in the length final:
1. Miltos Tendoglou (Greece) 8,48 – GOLD
2. Wayne Pinnock (Jamaica) 8,36 – SILVER
3. Matia Furlani (Italy) 8,34 – BRONZE
4. Simon Ehammer (Switzerland) 8,20
5. J. Fincham-Dukes (Great Britain) 8,14
6. Simon Butz (Germany) 8,07
7. Mingun Zhang (China) 8,07
8. Yanan Wang (China) 8,03