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World Champs: Ricketts claims silver in women’s triple jump event

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July 19, 2022 1:11 AM ET

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Jamaica’s Shaneika Ricketts on Monday night claimed the silver medal in the the women’s triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

This adds to the silver she won in Doha, Qatar in 2019.

Ricketts’ 14.89m on her first attempt, a season’s best, was briefly the world lead until the Venezuelan world record holder Yulimar Rojas leapt to 15.47m on her second attempt for another gold medal and her third outdoor World title.

Rojas won in Doha three years ago.

Ricketts put together a brilliant series of jumps, registering 14.89, 14.86, 14.37, 14.49, 14.62 and 14.80 on her final attempt.

The other Jamaicans in the final, the veteran Kimberly Williams and the 20-year-old Ackelia Smith finished in seventh and 12th place respectively.

Williams’ best mark was 14.39m which she registered twice while Smith failed to cross the 14-metre mark, her best jump being 13.