Bulgarian Karailiev Leaps into Berlin World Final
Sports | August 17, 2009, Monday // 09:47
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Karailiev left it until his last jump to produce a 17.07 meter distance that assured him of his place in Tuesday's final. Photo by sportal.bg
Momchil Karailiev qualified dramatically for the final of the Men's Triple Jump competition at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin.
Karailiev left it until his last jump to produce a 17.07 meter distance that assured him of his place in Tuesday's final. He became the first Bulgarian to reach a final so far in the Berlin World Championships.
Karailiev was not in a qualifying position after his first two jumps, his first of which was a foul and his second a leap of 16.87 meters. However he left the best until last and qualified in 7th place for the final.
He has been touted as a possible medalist by some foreign media after jumping a personal best 17.41 meters earlier this year but has been struggling with injury leading up to the Championships.
The final will be at 19:05 Bulgarian time on Tuesday and Karailiev will face tough competition from Olympic and World champion Nelson Evora from Portugal.
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