Diamond League 2023, HIGHLIGHTS: Eldhose Paul finishes 10th in men’s triple jump in Doha with 15.84m

1. Pedro Pichardo (POR) - 17.91m (+2.1m/s)

2. Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) - 17.81m (+1.5m/s)

3. Andy Diaz Hernandez (CUB) - 17.80m (+2.6m/s)

4. Lazaro Martinez (CUB) - 17.71m (+3.4m/s)

5. Yaming Zhu (CHN) - 16.95m (+2.0m/s)

6. Jah-Nhai Perinchief (BER) - 16.86m (+2.1m/s)

7. Emmanuel Ihemeje (ITA) - 16.85m (+1.8m/s)

8. Donald Scott (USA) - 16.81m (+2.5m/s)

9. Christian Taylor (USA) - 16.53m (+3.1m/s)

10. Eldhose Paul (IND) - 15.84m (+2.2m/s)

11. Almir dos Santos (BRA) - withdrew

Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice saved his best for last. A monster jump of 17.81m (1.5m/s wind speed) takes him above the Cuban and he finishes second.

It comes down to three men. Pichardo, Diaz Hernandez and Zango.

A 16.04m final jump from Pichardo. Diaz Hernandez fouls. Can Zango steal the show?

Pichardo and Diaz Hernandez once again choose to skip the attempt. Can anyone else catch them?

Pichardo and Diaz Hernandez choose to skip this attempt. Lazaro Martinez, another Cuban, and Zango foul while China’s Yaming Zhu and Bermuda’s Jah-Nhai Perinchief fail to improve their previous attempts.

Eldhose Paul’s Diamond League debut ends with a 10th-place finish and a best jump of 15.84m. The top-eight get three more attempts.

Another disappointing effort from the Indian - 14.70m (2.2m/s wind speed). Paul stays at the bottom of the table.

Pichardo fouls on his third jump but still stays at the top of the table as no one else manages to come close. Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango registers his best effort so far - 17.78m (1.8m/s wind speed).

The Indian fails to improve his first jump as he registers 13.65m (wind speed - 2.2m/s) this time.

Pichardo registers a jump of 17.91m in the second round. However, it is a wind-assisted one (2.1m/s). Cuba’s Andy Diaz Hernandez comes close with an effort of 17.80m (wind speed - 2.6m/s)

Eldhose Paul, on his Diamond League debut, begins with a wind-assisted (2.2m/s) opening jump of 15.84m. He is eighth after first round.

Reigning World and Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal registers the first jump of the event and it is a big one - 17.65m, a new world-leading effort.

The men’s triple jump event is about to begin.

Paul has participated at two competitions this season -

The Indian Open Jumps event in Bellary where he finished second with an effort of 16.61m and Indian Grand Prix-2 in Thiruvananthapuram where he grabbed gold with 16.27m

Renjith Maheswary holds the national record in men’s the triple jump, with an effort of 17.30m, achieved at the third Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru in 2016.

Paul has a personal best of 16.99m achieved at the 2022 National Federation Cup in Thenhipalam. He won his gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a wind-assisted effort of 17.03m

The men’s triple jump competition begins at 9:02PM IST. It will be broadcast on Sports18 and live streamed on Jio Cinema app/website .

Eldhose Paul, reigning Commonwealth Games champion in men’s triple jump, makes his Diamond League debut in Doha tonight.

Paul won the gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year with a jump of 17.03m.

The field also features reigning Olympic and world champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal and Italy’s Emmanuel Ihemeje, who is the world leader this season with 17.29m

Cuba’s Andy Diaz Hernandez and Lazaro Martinez, Brazil’s Almir Dos Santos, Bermuda’s Jah-Nhai Perinchief, USA’s Donald Scott and Christian Taylor, Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango and China’s Zhu Yaming are the other athletes in men’s triple jump event in the Qatari capital.