Kazakhstan's Rypakova wins triple jump gold

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Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova reacts after winning the women's triple jump final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 5, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Aug. 6

LONDON (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova leaped to gold in the women's triple jump final at the London Olympics on Sunday.

Rypakova's season's best mark of 14.98 metres was enough to see off Colombia's Caterine Ibarguen and Olha Saladuha of Ukraine who took silver and bronze respectively.

Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva, who has two silver and one bronze Olympic medals, finished 10th.

(Reporting by Neil Maidment, editing by Ed Osmond)

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