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Bulgarian Alexandra Nacheva with another big success in triple jump

At the U20 Athletics Championships of Romania in Pitesti, the world junior champion from last year, Bulgarian Alexandra Nacheva, achieved 14.13 meters in her first attempt at the triple jump, thus equalizing the best score in the world for her age in 2019, achieved by Cuban Leyanis Pérez Leyanis Peres (14.13).

Alexandra Nacheva became world champion for girls under 20 in July 2018 in Tampere, Finland, with a result of 14.18 m, and in October she became a champion at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.




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