EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 16: Wayne Pinnock of Team Jamaica competes in the Menâs Long Jump Final on day two of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 16, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Patrick Smith/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Patrick Smith / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 16, 2022
#World Champs: Pinnock finishes ninth in Long Jump Final
EUGENE, Oregon- NCAA Division I Indoors and Outdoors long jump champion, Wayne Pinnock, missed out on a podium finish in the final of the men’s long jump at the Oregon World Championships.
Pinnock, who was the only Jamaican to advance to the final of the event, produced a best leap of 7.88 metres to place ninth.
Meanwhile, Jianan Wang of China saved it for his last attempt to capture the gold in a season’s best jump of 8.36 metres. Miltiadas Tentoglou of Greece finished second with 8.32 metres, while Simon Ehammer of Switzerland rounded out the top three finishers with a jump of 8.16 metres.
