by Alfonz JuckCongratulations @ChantelMalone on surpassing the @tokyo2020 Olympic qualifying mark of 6.82m for long jump with a leap of 7.08m @ The Florida International Pro Addition Track Meet on March 27.
A new national record beating her previous jump of 6.90 and is a PB.#Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/GQUdouCeKG— BVIOlympiccommittee (@BVIolympic) March 30, 2021
Big long jumps in Miramar!
Dariya Klishina, photo by thenational.ae
Malone 708, Klishina 705w/701
Excelente competición de salto de longitud en Miramar (EE.UU., 27 de marzo): Chantel Malone saltó 7,08 (+1,4) por delante Dariya Klishina 7,05 (+2.7, y 7,01 +0.8).
— Gerardo Cebrián (@GerardoCebrian) March 29, 2021
MIRAMAR (USA, Mar 27): Sensational long jump at The Florida International “Pro Addition” meet. Chantel Malone from the British Virgin Islands leaped to a superb national record 708 (+1.4) ahead of Dariya Klishina 705 (+2.7, legal 701 +0.8). For Klishina 5th 7+m mark of the career in the first competition since July 2019. In men´s long jump Marquise Goodwin 812 (+1.2). Sprints were wind-aided. Andrew Hudson 10.04 (+2.7) in the 100 m and also high school star Jaylen Slade 20.27 (+2.5) over Trayvon Bromell 20.29. Tumbleweed TC (Bracy; De Grasse; Bromell; Oduduru) clocked 38.89 in the 4×100 m. Puertorican hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the 200 m in 22.60 (+1.3) over British 400 m runner Lina Nielsen 23.13 PB and another Briton, 100 m specialist Darryl Neita 23.18 PB. 2017 World champion at 100 m Torie Bowie in her first competition since Doha Worlds won the 100 m in windy 11.46 (+2.8). Nigerian star Blessing Okagbare was second in the 400 m in 53.21 PB (winner Italian Gia Trevisan 52.88).
Opening her 2021 outdoor campaign, Blessing Okagbare chose to compete in the 400-metre dash at the Florida International “Pro Addition” meet in Miramar.
The 32-year-old didn’t disappoint as she raced to a new Personal Best (PB) of 53.21s to finish 2nd in the event. pic.twitter.com/J1rl3Gu14R
— Save Our Sports (@SOSNGR) March 29, 2021
