With Caterine Ibargüen not competing after participating in the long jump, Yulimar Rojas took the lead with her first jump that no the competitor would beat. Along the way to gold, her fourth attempt was 15.11 m (49 ft 6+3⁄4 in), making her the number 16 jumper in history. Silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts displayed amazing consistency with three jumps within 1 cm of her best. [1][2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: