Shanieka Ricketts takes silver in season's best performance

In a season's best performance Jamaica's Shanieka Ricketts took the silver medal in the final of the women's triple jump at the ongoing Paris Games.

Ricketts, on her second attempt, achieved a mark of 14.87m.

Teammate Ackelia Smith finished seventh as she achieved a championship best in a mark of 14.42m.

Dominica's Thea LaFond, the sole competitor in the field to surpass the 15-metre mark, won her country's first Olympic medal as she managed to leap a distance of 15.02m on her second attempt to secure the gold medal.

America's Jasmine Moore took the bronze medal with a season's best performance of 14.67m.

- Orane Buchanan

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