Rachela Pace sets new national record in outdoor Triple Jump

Maltese athlete now holds both indoor and outdoor triple jump national records.

Rachela Pace produced a record jump in her first triple jump event of the outdoor season.

The Maltese athlete recorded a mark of 13.12m which was one of the nine top-10 finishes in last Saturday’s Stanford Invitational.

On her third attempt, Pace set the 13.12m jump which surpassed the previous national record of 13.04m set by Claire Azzopardi last year.

More details on SportsDesk. 

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.