Monaco Diamond League 2023 Highlights: Praveen Chithravel finishes sixth with 16.59m; Zango wins with 17.70m

A decent outing for Praveen Chithravel. A sixth-place finish with a best jump of 16.59 on his return from injury.

The night though belonged to Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso, who hit a last-ditch 17.70m to take the win away from Jamaican wunderkind Jaydon Hibbert, who thought he had won the event.

Chithravel finds a bigger jump. 16.59m, but he remains sixth and that will be his final position.

Triki can only manage 16.98 in Round Five. Hibbert opts out of jumping, while Pontvianne faults again.

Just 16.32 m from Chithravel in the fourth attempt. No change in his position in the table.

Triki starts the fourth round with a 17.03, despite a -1.0 head wind. Hibbert pulls off a massive jump - 17.66m - to take the lead. The 18-year-old Cuban has a season/personal best of 17.87.

Once again, Chithravel improves. Now he is at 16.54. But once again, it is not good enough to move him up the field. If he can pull off his season/personal best, he can go top of the pile.

Zango can only manage 16.74. Hibbert marks his third 17+ jump, but can’t improve his mark.

All three of Martinez, Claye and Pontvianne faults in the third attempt.

Yasser Triki takes the lead with a season-best effort of 17.32.

Better from Chithravel. He goes up to 16.44m. Not close to his best, nor near his competitors. But he has four more jumps left.

Zango faults in the second attempt. Hibbert takes the lead of the event with a 17.23. Claye too faults.

Not the greatest start for the Indian. Just 15.69 from him, the lowest mark so far.

Three-time Olympic medallist Will Claye is next. Only 16.21 from him.

Yasser Triki of Algeria goes next and he puts in a 17.14 to go second.

Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso sets the first mark - 17.15 m.

Jaydon Hibbert of Jamaica, the reigning Under-20 champion, follows it up with a 17.07.

Cuba’s Lazaro Martinez up next and he faults. Frenchman Jean-Marc Pontvianne starts with a weak 16.71.

If Chithravel can get to 17.22 tonight, that will book him a place for the Paris Olympics.

Reigning Olympic and world champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal is the biggest star missing out from the field today.

Andy Díaz of Cuba, who won the Diamond League triple jump event in Florence too is absent today.

Live streaming for Chithravel’s event will be available on Jio Cinema.

The event will be telecast on Sports18 in India.

Despite breaching the tough qualification standards of the World Championships earlier this year, India’s national record holder in the triple jump -- Praveen Chithravel -- and in long jump -- Jeswin Aldrin -- have been informed by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) that they will need to prove their fitness before they will be allowed to compete at the World Championships in Budapest next month.

This will be Praveen Chithravel’s Diamond League debut and he will be the only Indian participating.

The 22-year-old, who set the national record earlier this year, is returning from an injury that kept him away from the Asian Athletics Championships.

Praveen, 22, broke Renjith Maheswary’s seven-year-old national record of 17.30m with a jump of 17.37m at the Prueba de Confrontacion athletics meet in Havana in May this year.