# Yorgelis Rodríguez Returns to the Elite of World Heptathlon

**Date:** 05/30/2022

Cuban Yorgelis Rodríguez showed she has recovered from the injuries that repeatedly kept her away from competition schedules and, during the Hypomeeting of Gotzis, was able to complete all heptathlon events, with a final score of 5,603 points. In the continuation of the competition that began on Saturday, the Caribbean athlete achieved 5.55 meters in the long jump.

Additionally, Yorgelis Rodríguez threw the javelin to 44.34 meters and with an 800-meter run in 2:24.18 minutes closed out a performance that should strengthen her confidence for upcoming challenges, according to details from the newspaper Jit. During Saturday's competition she had marked 14.62 seconds in the 100 meters with hurdles; 1.74 meters in the high jump; 13.29 meters in the shot put and 25.66 seconds in the 200 meters.

The fourth-place finisher in the world at London 2017 had completed her last heptathlon a year ago, precisely in Gotzis, as she was unable to finish at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Now her aspirations are focused on progressively improving her performances to achieve the best possible result at the world event in Oregon, in just a few weeks.

Beyond Yorgelis Rodríguez's result, for Cuba's best representative in this discipline, the injuries that months ago separated her from track and field for several seasons of the athletic calendar appear to be overcome. The most notable one occurred during the Japanese capital event, when the Cuban had to abandon the competition after injuring herself in one of the heptathlon events.

Also from the international scene, this weekend it emerged that the Cuban competing for Turkey, Yasmani Copello, is unable to attend the stop in Eugene, United States, of the Diamond League in its 2022 edition due to visa process issues.