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Itongadol.- Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko became just the second Israeli to win a medal at the athletics world championships on Monday, finishing in second place in the triple jump final with a new national record and personal best leap of 14.78 meters in Beijing, China.
The 25-year-old set her record jump with her second attempt, which was only bettered by Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia, who won with 14.90.
Pole-vaulter Alex Averbukh is the only other Israeli to have scaled the podium at the world championships, winning a bronze in 1999 and a silver in 2001.
Knyazyeva-Minenko\’s previous personal best was 14.71m, set when she still represented Ukraine in 2012. She began representing Israel in 2013 after marrying former decathlete Anatoly Minenko and jumped 14.61m in Prague in June to improve her own national record.
Knyazyeva-Minenko finished in fourth position as a Ukrainian at the London 2012 Olympics and in sixth place in the previous edition of the world championships in Moscow two years ago, her first major event as an Israeli.