Tentoglou grabs long jump title
Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men’s long jump title in an action packed Monday morning at the Olympic Stadium. There was drama in the men’s long jump as Tentoglou won with his last leap of 8.41 metres which tied with Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarria’s jump, but the Greek secured the title on a countback with his next-best effort of 8.15m ahead of the Cuban’s 8.09. “What an incredible competition. What an incredible jump, the last jump,” Tentoglou said after the final. “In the end I managed to pull something out to get the medal.” PHOTO: REUTERS
American Jade Carey produced a series of high-flying tumbling combinations to win gold on the floor exercise at the Tokyo Games on Monday, while Mai Murakami became the first Japanese woman to win an individual Olympic gymnastics medal. The absence of 2016 floor champion Simone Biles from the final due to mental health struggles had left the field wide open and Carey made the most of her opportunity to grab gold with a score of 14.366 points. Biles however will compete in the balance beam competition today, in what would be the U.S. superstar gymnast’s last chance for gold in Tokyo. PHOTO: REUTERS
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