A shock. Larissa Iapichino was unable to hit the qualification for the final of the long jump at the World athletics World Championships in progress in Tokyo.
Elimination to the photoFinish
The blue, expected among the protagonists of the world championship, closed the qualifications with the measure of 6.56 meters, which placed it in 13th place. The last attempt was unable to improve, stopping at 6.32. Only the first twelve accessed to the final and for the Italian jumping machine the race ended in advance.
The words of the athlete
«I think now you have to analyze everything well calmly. I don’t want to talk about the race now, which is commented on its own. I am in shock, I have no emotions: for this I prefer to speak later, “he said Larissa Iapichino on the microphones of Raisport, visibly disappointed.
For the young blue, the bitterness of a missed opportunity remains in a competition that saw her among the favorites.