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Yulimar Rojas claimed Venezuela's first-ever World Athletics Championships title
Aug 08, 2017
Yulimar Rojas claimed Venezuela's first-ever World Athletics Championships title when she won the women's triple jump by two centimetres from great rival Caterine Ibarguen.
Rojas's win came one day after the South American country won their first medal of any colour when Robeilys Peinado took the bronze in the women's pole vault.
Picture credit: metro.us/Reuters
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