The two highlights were of course the world records by Yulimar Rojas and Mondo Duplantis, the former breaking her own OUTDOOR record by 7cm. Both were completely dominant. Rojas recorded four jumps over 15m, with two fouls, probably also over 15m. Mondo only took one more jump with Rojas, with a perfect card up to the world record height where he, in dramatic fashion, failed twice before narrowly taking the record as a perfect finale to the championships.
Rojas:
Duplantis:
Lazaro Martinez, two time world junior champion, took the men's triple jump with 17.64 over 18m jumper Pedro Pichardo
Ukraine has a great outing in the jumps, taking gold in the women's high jump and silver (Maryna Behk-Romanchuk) in the triple jump
Yaroslava Mahuchihk 2.02m:
The men's and women's long jump were especially affected by a combination of a purportedly bouncy track and a questionable new laser system. Both led to a lot of fouling, but the latter has led to much frustration from field athletes
Despite the controversies, we saw some excellent performances, particularly from Miltidias Tentoglou, who dominated the men's competition with multiple jumps over 8.5m. Thobias Montler took silver on his last jump with a clutch 8.38 NIR. Marquis Dendy scored the bronze (GO GATORS) with 8.27
And of course, in front of the home crowd, Ivana Vuleta (nee Spanovic) took the gold with the only jump over 7m.
And of course, the women's pole vault went US 1-2 with Sandi Morris defending her title with a 4.80m vault (Katie Nageotte took silver):
