Emmanuel Archibald got his season off to sublime start, leaping to a world leading (unofficial) 8.10m when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) staged its first track and field meet for the year on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre.
A look at the leaderboard on worldathletics.com shows that the 26-year-old National record holder (8.12m), eclipsed Australia’s Darcy Roper who currently stands atop the table with a leap of 7.96m recorded on January, 26 in Australia.
Archibald, who has a goal of qualifying for this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will be encouraged by his early season exploits.
