World Athletics Regulations on the suitability of the shoes used by the athletes of the horizontal jumps, cost Almir Dos Santos the bronze medal of triple, in the world track of Nanjing.
The Brazilian jumper took third place in the final with a better effort at 17.22m, but then announcing his cancellation due to the non -compliance with the shoes’ closed track regulation. Thus, the third place and the bronze medal was held by last year’s winner of the race, Ig Fabris Zango from Burkina Faso, who had a jump of 17.15m.
It is recalled that the gold medal of the triple was easily won by Anti -Dia Ernantes (fighting in Italy’s colors, though he is a Cuban), which made 17.80m. In his first attempt, achieving this year’s best performance in the world. Second was Chinese Jaming Zu with 17.33m.