"No, no, no ..."

Eusebio Cáceres

shook his head

while the rest celebrated their last attempt: 8.18 meters.

It was third in the denouement of the length.

"No, no, no ..." Something did not convince him despite having made the best jump of the year in the place where it has to be done, the Olympic final.

The Alicante man knows too much about this.

It was a fair mark, very fair to be on an Olympic podium, despite the fact that the final had not met the expected level.

It wasn't like the female triple.

Three centimeters separated Eusebio Cáceres from being the second Spanish medalist at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. Also in the pit, like

Ana Peleteiro

, and also with suspense until the end.

Miltiades Tentoglu agreed with

him. The Greek, the best of the year, flew to 8.41 to match the mark with which he had achieved before moving to the improvement

Juan Miguel Echevarría

. In his last attempt, the Cuban broke and this prevented him from achieving victory. Cáceres was fourth.

"No, no, no ..." The Spaniard complained, close to the position where his coach,

Juan Carlos Álvarez

, was, because, at 29, he doesn't know if he will have similar opportunities, although he still has athleticism.

The curse of the fourth places haunts him.

He was already in the World Cup in Moscow in 2013, then separated only by one centimeter, two less than in Tokyo, from the podium.

A BAD YEAR

Cáceres did not make it to the Olympics in his best season. In fact, he did not reach the Olympic minimum (8.22) to be in the Games, but he was able to enter the team due to his classification by ranking. With that minimum, Cuban

Maykel Masso

grabbed the bronze. This speaks of the requirement and the reality of this final length. The Spanish had jumped 8.04 in 2021, far from his 8.27, and in the Spanish Championships, where he did 8.03, he felt discomfort that aroused concerns.

Once in Tokyo, everything changed.

Qualifying left him feeling good and, already in the final, the Alicante from Onil jumped 8.09 on his second attempt.

He was above his best record this year, only to improve it another two times (8.12 and 8.18).

Actually, he did the same as Ana Peleteiro, but in a contest of a different level, in which the winner stayed more than half a meter from the world record, unlike

Yulimar Rojas

, and in which the Spaniard was also far away. of the 8.56 left in inheritance by the late Yago Lamela.

The Galician beat hers twice.

'MR.

JUMPS ', OUT OF THE PODIUM

The final knocked out one of Tokyo's athletic attractions,

JuVaughn Harrison

, known as' Mr. Jumps', by alternating length and height. He earned it in the 'trials' of his country. The calendar has gone against him, because the American has had to jump daily between qualifications and the end of both tests, already concluded. Matching his 2.33 of the 'trials' in Tokyo did not give him a place on the podium in height, but it would have done it in the one in length, gold. However, he only passed the eight meters (8.15) once, far from his 8.47 this year.

After the women's triple and men's length, the hammer final will also have Spanish representation, with

Javier Cienfuegos

qualifying

with a best shot of 76.91.

Jael Betsué

, despite setting a personal best in 200 (23.19), did not enter the semifinals, during the first part of a day in which the hurdles left the best of the year in his place.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

, who has only lost one race this year, dominated the 100 at 12.37.

A Puerto Rican and a Venezuelan dominate 100 hurdles and triple, and an Italian and a Greek, 100 and length.

Some hierarchies tremble in Tokyo.

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