“True bomb”: two golds and a silver for Portugal in a few hours, at the World Athletics Championships

First it was Agate de Sousa, then Isaac Nader and, to close a historic Sunday, Gerson Baldé delivered a “final blow”.

This Sunday, March 22, 2026, was a historic day for Portugal no athletics: two gold medals and one silver nos World Cups covered track.

In the space of a few hours, something was achieved that is normally only achieved by the great powers of the sport.

The first Portuguese victory was in the final part of the morning session: Agate de Sousa was world champion in long jump.

A debutant in major international tournaments, the athlete born in São Tomé and Príncipe had taken the lead in the third jump, with 6.82 meters; on the fifth attempt she was overtaken by the Italian Larissa Iapichino (6.84m) but soon after she reached . He regained the lead, confirmed the gold medal.

In the night session, a (disappointed) Isaac Nader won the silver medal in the 1.500 metros. The Portuguese still tried until the end to touch the winner, the Spaniard Mariano García, but ended up in second place, with the record .

Soon after, the surprise: in the final of the long jumpnow in the men’s competition, Gerson Balde reached the last jump in 5th place but “flew” to . Absolute national record, best global brand of the year. And gold medal.

“A real bombshell”, even for the other finalists, as commentator Luís Lopes reacted live, on RTP.

The long jump was completely dominated by Portugal in a major competition; had never happened.

With these three medals, the only ones won at the World Cup in Poland, Portugal suddenly jumped into the 4th place in . It was only surpassed by the USA, the United Kingdom and Italy.