Photo: Enrique Cuneo / Lima 2019

The Cuban Luis Enrique Zayas

He surpassed the height of 2.24 meters, lower than the one achieved last Tuesday when he won in the Czech city of Trinec, but enough to relegate the Ukrainian Andriy Protsenko (2.24 meters) and the local Marco Fassinotti to the remaining podium positions. (2,16).

The man from Santiago, Pan American champion in Lima 2019, this time began his forays without failure with the rod at 2.12 meters.

He then knocked her down in one attempt before going over 2.16.

Already at 2.20 he had to resort to three attempts to continue in the competition, and he needed two more to achieve the winning height.

His three jumps over 2.27 were invalid, but the fewest number of failures guaranteed him success.

Protsenko had traveled all those heights without mistakes.

However, he could only overcome 2.24 meters on the third opportunity, and he also failed all his attempts over 2.27.

For Zayas it was his third consecutive ascent to the podiums of this Italian competition, but the first time as leader.

His debut in 2021 was finalized with a second place, behind Protsenko, and he closed third in 2022, when he won the Russian Ilya Ivaniuk.

Usually this event is attended by the high jump world record holder, the Cuban Javier Sotomayor, who now also enjoyed the presentations of his son Jaxier.

The 15-year-old finished in ninth place with a record of 1.96 meters, one centimeter below his best indoor mark, after failing three times over 2.00 meters.

On Saturday, several of the Cubans who face the season on indoor tracks will have actions again.

For the Paris meeting, triplist Leyanis Pérez, Liadagmis Povea, Lázaro Martínez and Cristian Nápoles have been confirmed.

And while that happens in Europe, the so-called confrontations of the national team with other figures who are preparing to assume the main commitments of the year will begin at the Pan-American Stadium in Havana.

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