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The 18th Pan American Games of Lima 2019 had many memorable moments. But here's the Olympic Channel pick of 10 stories from Peru that could have a huge impact on events at Tokyo 2020 in just under a year from now.

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Top 10 things we learned from the 2019 Pan American Games ahead of Tokyo 2020

Triple jump with a South American flair and grace.
That’s what Olympic gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen and world champion Yulimar Rojas have brought to the track and field event in recent years.
Colombian hero Ibarguen beat Rojas to the Olympic title at Rio 2016.
But the Venezuelan denied Ibarguen a

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Five things you should know about Yulimar Rojas and her rival Caterine Ibarguen

The stars of track and field descend on Doha on Friday (3 May) for the start of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League.
But who will shine brightest in the elite series of track and field events, as athletes lay down markers for the World Athletics Championships, back in the Qatari

Winners' Podium from the 2018 Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium

On your marks, set, go for the Diamond League

M 100m Finals, M 400m Finals, M High Jump, W Triple Jump Final, W 1500m, W 400m

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Athletics Integrated: Day 9 Evening | Rio 2016 Replays

All the Olympic highlights from Colombia, set to the national anthem.

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National anthem: The best of Colombia in Rio

Athletics Day 8 Morning. Rio 2016
Men's Discus Throw Final
Men's 100m
Women's Triple Jump, W's 3000m steeplechase, W's 400m, W's Heptathlon

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Athletics Integrated: Day 8 Morning | Rio 2016 Replays

Caterine Ibarguen wins Colombia's first Olympic athletics gold in the women's triple jump.

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Ibarguen wins Women's Triple Jump gold

Colombian athlete Caterina Ibargüen takes the gold at the Rio 2016 women's triple jump event.

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Caterine Ibargüen wins triple jump gold

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The outstanding Venezuelan jumper Yulimar Rojas won the gold in the Women’s Triple Jump (Athletics) event of the Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) Olympic Games at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium with a massive distance of 15.67.
After breaking an Olympic record with her first jump, Rojas fouled on her penultimate effort

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TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Yulimar Rojas of Team Venezuela celebrates in the Women's Triple Jump Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Rojas set a new world record at 15.67m. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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Golden Rojas breaks women’s triple jump world record; silver for Mamona and bronze to Peleteiro

Karsten Warholm came desperately close to breaking Kevin Young's 28-year-old 400m hurdles world record at the Stockholm Diamond League on Sunday (23 August).
Had the Norwegian star not hit the last hurdle, he probably would have broken Young's time set in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic final.
As it was, he

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Karsten Warholm just misses out on 400m hurdles world record

Reigning world triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas soared to the second longest triple jump in history by managing 15.41m at the beginning of September. "I could describe myself as a fighter, a woman who doesn't surrender," the Rio silver medallist told us. Her rivalry with Colombia's Olympic champ Caterine Ibarguen has dominated the triple jump scene for the last few years. Find out what makes Rojas tick?

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Yulimar Rojas: "I can rise like a phoenix."

After winning the triple jump title at Lima 2019, the Venezuelan was in reflective mood. Hear Yulimar Rojas speak about her disappointing jumps, her targets for the World Championships, and her friendly message to injured rival, Caterine "the Colombian wild beast" Ibarguen, adding "I want to beat everything she's done."

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Record breaker Rojas reacts to winning Pan American Games gold

Noah Lyles declared himself "very satisfied" after becoming the fourth-fastest man over 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League on Friday (5th July).
The 21-year-old surged clear in the home straight to clock 19.50s and break his own personal best and Usain Bolt's meeting record.
It was the seventh quickest 200m

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Noah Lyles lights up Lausanne Diamond League

Justin Gatlin has said next season will be his last.
Speaking to BBC journalist Ade Adedoyin at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, the 37-year-old sprinter said he aims to win gold at Tokyo 2020 as his final act in athletics.
“I want to leave on an

Justin Gatlin of the United States looks on after running in the men's 100m during the Prefontaine Classic at Cobb Track & Angell Field on June 30, 2019 in Stanford, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

Justin Gatlin announces his retirement after Tokyo 2020

They might be old roommates and good friends, but Michael Norman and Noah Lyles were desperate to beat each other in the Rome Diamond League 200m.
And it was Norman who came out on top, powering off the bend to establish a lead he would just about retain to the

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Norman stuns Lyles in Rome 200m showdown

The Olympic triple jump champion reveals the secrets to her success. The Colombian is one of the stars competing in the Diamond League opener in Doha.

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Caterine Ibarguen always brings the party!

The 23-year-old Olympic silver medallist tells us how competing with Rio gold medallist Ibarguen brings out the best in both of them.

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Yulimar Rojas on rivalry with Caterine Ibarguen: "I admire her a lot"

Spearheaded by the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, 2018 was another bumper year.
Gold medals were won, world records were broken, comebacks completed and new stars unearthed.
Here we look at 20 athletes, in no particular order, who lit up 2018 with outstanding achievements in their respective fields.

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The top 20 Olympic athletes of 2018

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Caterine Ibargüen wins the Gold for Colombia, Yulimar Rojas the Silver for Venezuela and Olga Rypakova the Bronze for Kazakhstan in the women's triple jump final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

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