Cuban Savigne upsets Lebedeva for triple jump gold

OSAKA, Japan, Aug 31 (Reuters) Cuban Yargelis Savigne caused a major upset when she soared to triple jump gold and deprived Russian Tatyana Lebedeva of an unprecedented world championships double today.

The 22-year-old produced the best leap of the year of 15.28 metres on her first attempt at the Nagai Stadium and it proved good enough to take the title.

Lebedeva, 31, won the long jump this week and was hoping to reclaim the title she won in her favourite event in both 2001 and 2003 to become the first woman to take both world golds at the same world championships.

In the end she had to settle for silver with a best effort of 15.07m, while Greece's Olympic silver medallist Hrysopiyi Devetzi won bronze with her first attempt of 15.04m.

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