Track athlete Zhu Yaming cliched the first medal for China at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 on Friday.
Yaming secured the silver medal with a season-best jump of 17.33 while Burkina Faso’s defending champion Hugues Fabrice Zango jumped 17.15m to bag bronze.
Italy’s Andy Diaz Hernandez clinched the gold with a jump of 17.80.
Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Zhu delighted the home fans by jumping a season’s best in round three, that 17.33m moving him into silver medal position ahead of Brazil’s Almir Dos Santos (17.22m) and China’s Su Wen (17.09m).
Jamaica’s Jordan Scott moved closer to the medals in the fourth round, jumping 17.10m, but then Zango pushed Scott down a place by jumping a season’s best of 17.15m in round five, placing him fourth.
There were no improvements in the sixth and final round, so Zhu was confirmed as the silver medallist. Dos Santos finished in bronze medal position but was later disqualified for not complying with the shoe rules, which moved Zango on to the podium.
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