August 22, 2015
#BEIJING2015: No Long Jump final for Damar Forbes
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Damar Forbes today failed to advance to the finals of the Long Jump at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
Forbes was only able to produce a 7.62m jump, but this was not good enough for him to qualify.
Jeff Henderson of the United States was the biggest jumper with a recorded 8.36 metres while Britain’s Greg Rutherford jumped 8.25m. American Mike Hartfield was just behind Rutherford with a jump of 8.13m.
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