Pedro Pablo Pichardo, triple jump Olympic champion, begins today his participation in the World Championships in Athletics, in Eugene, United States, disputing the classification for the final, together with Tiago Luís Pereira, as well as Landro Ramos in the javelin.
Pichardo leads the world ranking and holds the second best mark of the year (17.46 meters), which earned him the silver medal in the indoor world championships, in Belgrade, in March, behind the Cuban Lázaro Martínez (17.64). .
The direct qualification mark for the final, scheduled for Saturday, starting at 6:00 p.m. (02:00 a.m. on Sunday), is set at 17.05 meters, with a playoff possible to fill the 12 places.
The start of the classification is scheduled for 6:20 p.m. (02:20 a.m. on Friday in Lisbon), with Pichardo, fourth in the 2019 Doha World Cup, in group A, and Pereira, 12th in the hierarchy, with 16.90 meters as the best mark of the year, after setting his personal best in 17.11 in 2021 in the B.
Also debutant, like Tiago Pereira, Leandro Ramos, 21, is looking for one of the 12 places in the javelin final, starting at 18:35 (02:35), in group B.
The Benfica thrower set the national record at 84.78 meters in May, entering the competition at Eugene2022 with the ninth best mark, in a hierarchy headed by world champion Anderson Peters from Granada with 93.07.
The javelin final is scheduled for Saturday at 6:35 p.m. (2:35 a.m. on Sunday) and will be contested by the eight throwers who exceed 83.50 meters or the best 12.
