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3 unusual facts about Olga Rypakova


Olga Rypakova

November 8, 2012 Kazakhstan London Olympic champion Olga Rypakova got the Olympic Council of Asia award as the best Asian athlete, along with Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Ilya Ilyin.

The 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships followed shortly and she came close to the podium in the triple jump competition but while her jump of 14.58 m was enough to set an indoor Asian record, it was not enough to push Marija Šestak out of the bronze medal position.

Her personal best long jump is 6.85 metres, achieved at the 2007 Universiade in Bangkok.


Wassana Winatho

She saw off challenges from Olga Rypakova and Liu Haili to claim the title with a competition record of 4431 points.


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