Portugal’s Evora Wins Gold in Triple Jump
Portugal’s Nelson Evora won the men’s triple jump at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games yesterday when he hopped, skipped and jumped 17.67m to claim the Olympic title. It was a significant win since it is the first gold medal for the European nation in 12 years.
It was a really close match! Phillips Idowu of Great Britain claimed silver with a best of 17.62m while Bahamian, Leevan Sanders, captured the bronze with 17.59m.
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