Triple jumper gets redemption after finishing fourth at the Olympics last summer
Shanieka Ricketts took maybe the longest victory lap in track and field history, the Jamaican flag draped across her shoulders and flapping in the evening breeze, stopping for photos five, 10, 20 times on her way around Hayward Field.
That’s two straight silver medals at the World Athletics Championships and helps erase the bitter taste from finishing fourth at the Tokyo Olympics last summer … by 1¼ inches. “It played in my mind for the entire year, and I never want to feel that feeling ever again. Tonight I decided to go for it in the first jump and let them chase me.”Which is exactly what happened. Ricketts uncorked a season-best 48 feet, 10¼ inches on her opening attempt and momentarily took the lead over Yulimar Rojas, the world record holder and prohibitive favorite from Venezuela.
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