Panamanian Long Jumper Saladino Makes History
sduford on Aug 19 2008 at 10:33 am | Filed under: Panama
Panama had only won two bronze medals in its entire Olympic history, and the last one was 60 years ago. Well this week long-jumper Irving Saladino made history by winning Panama’s first gold medal with a jump of 8.34 meters, well short of his 8.73 personal best, but still a full 10cm longer than second place.
I’m sure there are a lot of proud Panamanians celebrating right now, and it might inspire lots of athletes to aim for the top.
[...] Panamanian Long Jumper Saladino Makes HistoryPanama had only won two bronze medals in its entire Olympic history, and the last one was 60 years ago. Well this week long-jumper Irving Saladino made history by winning Panama’s first gold medal with a jump of 8.34 meters, … [...]