Ghanaian triple jumper,
Mathilde Boateng, has set a new national indoor record and an All-Time record
after she jumped 13.30m at a Regional Meet in Lille, France on Saturday, 8th
February.
Mathilde’s season’s best
jump not only eclipses her current indoor national record (13.10m) set 2 weeks
ago, but it also surpasses the current national outdoor triple jump mark of
13.13m set by Sheryl Anku in 2001.
It will be recalled that
Boateng, 24, broke the 23-year old national indoor record only last month after
jumping 13.10m on 18th January, 2014 to beat the previous mark of
12.94m set by Juliana Yendork on 11th March, 1990.
Mathilde’s early season
form is quite encouraging after her struggles with injury last year which
limited her participation in international competitions.
“I don’t really know how I
jumped that far and I think I should have done this for long time. But I’m glad
I did it now. I’ve started from the bottom and now I’m back for real,” she told said.
“It means that I can jump
far and it’s just a beginning, but I pray I stay injury free this year.
Everybody knows I was injured for a very long time but I am confident about
sustaining the momentum this time around.
“When we were at the
African Championship in Benin in 2012, I had a heel problem. I’m always injured
around May and I got it three times in a row in three years.”
“It’s very frustrating but
my coach and I know how to deal with it. I feel very good physically and in my
mind to progress and I also want to have fun in the sport. I think it’s the
most important thing to improve upon.”
She
has thus qualified for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the African Athletics
Championships, by meeting the respective GAA “A” qualification standards.
“It’s going to be the first
time for me because I’m still new in the national team. My first competition
for the Ghana national team was at the African Championships in 2012.”
CREDIT:
LIQUIDSPORTS
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