Mbango Etone retains jump crown

Francoise Mbango Etone successfully defended her Olympic triple jump title with a new Games record leap.

An effort of 15.39 metres on her second attempt secured victory at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Sunday.

Russian Tatyana Lebedeva (15.32m) won silver, and Greece's Hrysopiyi Devetzi (15.23m), the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, took bronze.

Mbango Etone, 32, became Cameroon's first individual Olympic gold medallist when she won in Athens four years ago.

She came back this season after spending most of 2006 and 2007 off the circuit for a combination of reasons, including injuries, studies and becoming a mother.

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