NAPOLI, 12 July – The penultimate day of Athletics produced several stunning performances at Stadio San Paolo, with Ukraine’s Iryna Klymets and Olha Korsun winning gold in the women’s hammer throw and triple jump respectively.
The 13.90 jumped by Korsun saw her take the gold medal along with a personal best, while her national teammate Klymets came out on top of her event after a lengthy battle with Poland’s Malwina Kopron and Katarzyna Furmanek, who clinched silver and bronze respectively.
Triple Jump champion Korsun told FISU what the achievement meant to her. “There are so many emotions right now,” she said. “It’s a good feeling.” “I believed I could win, but right now I am so full of emotions.” And on how she will celebrate the gold, Korsun only had one thing to say: “Party!”
There was also a gold medal for Great Britain in the women’s 5000m, where Jessica Judd eased home to victory. She spoke to FISU after securing gold with a time of 15:45. “I’m so happy,” said Judd. “I’ve done so many championships and I’ve never won, so I really wanted to win.
“I’m just over the moon,” she added. “It was the most difficult race I’ve been in; I can’t believe I won. “I keep joking that I’m a lone wolf and I do my own thing, but this week the team have been really nice, and they’ve taken me in.
“It’s so great, that meant a lot.”
The men’s events meanwhile witnessed a blistering gold medal for Brazil’s Gabriel Constantino, who finished just 0.01 seconds off the Universiade Record in the men’s 110m hurdles, with Morocco’s Mounaime Sassioui clinching gold in the men’s 3000m steeplechase.
And in the men’s pole vault it was Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines who triumphed. This morning also saw the 20km walk finals, where Australia’s Katie Hayward won the women’s competition, with her teammate Jemima Montag taking silver and Czech’ Anezka Drahotova claiming bronze.
In a remarkable Men’s 20km final, it was Japan who clinched all three medals, with Koki Ikeda securing gold, while Masatora Kawano and Yuta Koga finished with silver and bronze respectively. On Friday, Stadio San Paolo played host to a fifth successive day of athletics finals.
Having started on Monday morning, the event comes to a close tomorrow, with plenty of finals once again on show – including the men’s long jump and 800m, and the women’s high jump and 1500m.
Results
Men’s Pole Vault
Gold: Ernest John Obiena (PHI)
Silver: Torben Blech (GER)
Bronze: Ben Joren Broeders (BEL)
Women’s Hammer Throw
Gold: Iryna Klymets (UKR)
Silver: Malwina Kopron (POL)
Bronze: Katarzyna Furmanek (POL)
Women’s Triple Jump
Gold: Olha Korsun (UKR)
Silver: Evelise Tavares Da Veiga (POR)
Bronze: Neja Filipic (SLO)
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
Gold: Mounaime Sassioui (MAR)
Silver: Rantso Mokopane (RSA)
Bronze: Ashley Smith (RSA)
Men’s 110m Hurdles
Gold: Gabriel Constantino (BRA)
Silver: Wilhem Belocian (FRA)
Bronze: Shunsuke Izumiya (JPN)
Women’s 5000m
Gold: Jessica Judd (GBR)
Silver: Nicole Hutchinson (CAN)
Bronze: Julia Van Velthoven (NED)
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