Guyana’s medal hopes at the IAAF World Championships currently underway in Doha, Qatar were slashed by a third after long jumper, Emanuel Archibald finished 11th of 12 jumpers in his heat yesterday.
On the opening day of the 17th edition of event, Archibald had a best jump of 7.56m, way below his personal best mark and national record, 8.12m which would have been good for second.
Cuban, Juan Miguel, Japan’s Yuki Hashioka and Steffin McCarter of the USA occupied the top three positions in the first heat after disturbing the sand in 8.40m, 8.07m and 8.04m in that order.
