Tokyo: Reigning men's triple jump world champion Hugues Fabrice ZANGO will compete this Wednesday, September 17, 2025, in the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships triple jump qualifiers. Billed as his last international competition, the Burkinabe athlete intends to secure his ticket to defend his title in the final scheduled for Friday, September 19, 2025.
According to Burkina Information Agency, the Burkinabe world champion's goal is to repeat the feat of the Budapest 2023 World Championships, which propelled him to the top of the world triple jump in the Tokyo National Stadium, which saw him win Burkina Faso's first Olympic medal in 2021. Hugues Fabrice ZANGO displays determination and confidence for this return to Japanese soil to defend his title before an announced retirement. "This time we hope to climb to the top step of the podium, ... today we are very confident, we arrive at the right time and at the right moment, and I am committed to giving everything for the Burkinabe people and for the Ditanye to resonate once again in this stadium," he declared.
For the Minister of Sports, Youth and Employment, Mr. Roland SOMDA, the entire Burkinabe people are united behind Hugues Fabrice ZANGO to push him to victory. According to the Minister in charge of sports, the Burkinabe people and the highest authorities give him their encouragement and support to keep the flag of Burkina Faso at the top of the world triple jump on the evening of September 19, 2025. A support that he conveyed to the athletes and technical staff during a visit he paid them on Tuesday, September 15, 2025, in the company of Her Excellency Mrs. Bibata OUEDRAOGO/NEBIE, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Japan.
For these men's triple jump qualifications scheduled for Wednesday, September 17, 2025, starting at 10:05 GMT (7:05 p.m. local time), Hugues Fabrice ZANGO is placed in Group B, which has 18 athletes. The conditions for qualifying for the final are either to achieve a jump of 17.10 m or to finish among the 12 best performances out of the 36 athletes who make up both Groups A and B.
Everyone behind the Flying Stallion Hugues Fabrice ZANGO for the defense of the Fatherland at the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships!