With a season-best mark of 17.14 meters, Cuban athlete Lázaro Martínez closed out his competition today in fourth place in the men's triple jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Toruń, Poland.

Despite arriving at the venue ranked outside the top ten in the season standings, the 2022 world indoor champion delivered three jumps beyond the 17-meter threshold and remained in contention for a medal — though ultimately not enough to reach the podium.

The two-time outdoor world medalist recorded 17.02 meters on his opening attempt, followed by his top mark of 17.14, then completed his series with 17.03, 16.90, 16.80, and one foul.

The gold medal stayed in Cuban hands, though not under the Cuban flag. Andy Díaz, who competes for Italy, won with a leap of 17.47 meters, becoming only the second man in history to claim back-to-back world indoor triple jump titles — and doing so with the top performance in the world this year. Previously, only Sweden's Christian Olsson had achieved consecutive crowns, in 2003 and 2004.

The podium was completed by Jamaica's Jordan Scott (17.33 m) and Algeria's Yasser Mohamed Triki (17.30 m).

Cuba also counted on Andy Hechevarría, who arrived with the second-best mark in the world this season (17.34 m), but his lack of prior experience at this level proved costly. He managed only 16.42 meters and finished 12th among 17 competitors.

In other action during the Polish evening session, the men's 60-meter dash and women's shot put titles were both claimed by American athletes: Jordan Anthony won the sprint in 6.41 seconds, while Chase Jackson took the shot put with a throw of 20.14 meters.

On Saturday, Cuban attention will shift to the women's triple jump, where Leyanis Pérez will defend her world indoor title and Liadagmis Povea looks to repeat her silver-medal performance from a year ago. Both will face Venezuelan superstar Yulimar Rojas, who returns to this stage boasting the year's best mark of 14.95 meters. Olympic champion Thea Lafond of Dominica is also entered in the event.