Olympic gold medallist Miltos Tentoglou won second place at the World Track & Field Championships, in the early hours of Sunday (Greek time) getting the silver medal in the long jump final.
The Greek Olympic champion led throughout the final at the championships in Oregon, in the US, thanks to remarkably identical jumps, the best of which measured 8.32 meters.
However China’s Wang Jianan flew to 8.36 meters in his last effort pushing Tentoglou down one place.
Tentoglou’s silver medal is Greece’s first ever in the long jump in a world championship and the only gold in his domain he has not yet conquered.
In the early hours of Monday (local time), another Greek Olympic gold medallist, Katerina Stefanidi, is entering the women’s pole vault final.
