At the indoor World Cup
Long jump star screams and cries for injury shock
25.03.2025 – 8:29 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Actually, long jump star Plamena Mitkova wanted to make one last good attempt, but instead she was seriously injured.
The Hallen World Championship took place in China last weekend. Numerous athletics stars came from all over the world to measure themselves with the best. Including the Bulgarin Plamena Mitkova.
But the long jump star experienced a shock moment: the 20-year-old crashed on Sunday, when she got wrong and kinked in the last attempt. As a result, the young athlete screamed due to the pain, and after she was put in a wheelchair, kept his leg.
Numerous supervisors around them. This is shown by recordings from the Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing. Expert Lennart Juhlin said at TV4: “Unfortunately, it can be an Achilles tendon injury that has a long convalescence.” So a longer recovery time. This would mean a longer break for Mitkova. No diagnosis is yet known.
In the end, Mitkova missed a medal in terms of sport – she was missing nine centimeters to bronze. Claire Bryant from the USA secured the victory in front of the Swiss Annick Kälin and the Spaniard Fatima Diamé.
Plamena Mitkova has already celebrated great success. In 2022 she became a U20 world champion with a jump over 6.66 meters and won silver a year later at the European U20 European Championship with 6.54 meters. Your current season best is 6.70 meters and your season best 6.97 meters. In comparison: Germany’s long jump ace and Olympic silver medalist Malaika Mihambo has a current season best of 7.07 meters.