(VIDEO) A 19-year-old Cuban makes a monster leap of 8.83m (+2.1)
JUAN MIGUEL ECHEVARRIA already sealed the event during the fourth round with an 8.50m leap; he skipped the fifth round to produce the ‘historic jump’ in the last round of the IAAF diamond league Stockholm Sunday .
It was just over the legal wind limit of 2.0 m/s.
MEN’S LONG JUMP
1. Juan Miguel Echevarria (CUB) 8.83w (+2.1)
2. Jeff Henderson (USA) 8.39w (+3.4)
3. Luvo Manyonga (RSA 8.25 (+0.7)
4. Ruswahl Samaai (RSA) 8.20 (+1.9)
5. Thobias N. Montler (SWE) 8.09w (+3.3)
6. Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.05w (+3.1)
7. Henry Frayne (AUS) 8.04w (+2.8)
8. Tyrone Smith (BER) 7.94 (-0.8)
