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Shanieka Ricketts finishes third to Yulimar Rojas in Zurich

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 1:36 PM
Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela competes in the women's triple jump during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League meet at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland today.
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Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela competes in the women's triple jump during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League meet at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland today.

Back-to-back World Championship silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts finished third in the women’s triple jump at the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland today.

Ricketts had a leap of 14.85 metres on her fourth attempt to get her on the podium.

World and Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela took the Diamond League title in 15.28 metres while Maryna Bekh Romanchuk of Ukraine finished second with 14.96.

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