Monday, August 18, 2008

Women’s Triple Jump Gold Won by Cameroon’s Francoise Mbango Etone

Francoise Mbango Etone won Cameroon’s first medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she made it a gold medal performance in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 15.39 meters. Mbango was defending her Olympic gold after earning the medal in Athens four years ago.



Russia’s Tatiana Lebedeva, two-time world champion, claimed the silver medal after jumping 15.32 meters.

Chrysopigi Devetzi of Greece won the bronze with a jump of 15.23 meters.

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