Guyana’s Troy Doris, hopped, skipped and jumped to 16.81 metres and into the finals of the Men’s Triple Jump at the Olympics in Rio, the first representative from this country to make the finals of an Olympic event in years.
The US-based Doris is currently seeded sixth of 12 finalists and will be taking on former University of Florida stars Christian Taylor and Will Claye, the defending gold and silver medalists in the Olympic triple jump, today.
Doris, who was the world number three ranked triple jumper earlier this season, will be gunning for a podium spot after qualifying with a leap of 16.81m. The 27-year old who rose to prominence after leaping 17.18m – a national record – on May 14 in Florida, trails Taylor (17.24m), China’s Bin Dong (17.10m), Claye (17.05m), Portugal’s Nelson Evora (16.99m) and China’s Shuo Cao (16.97m).
