National file holder lengthy jumper Jeswin Aldrin completed a disappointing 13th with a 7.69m effort in the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Saturday.
The 22-yr-outdated, who was the world chief for a number of months in 2023 along with his 8.42m leap, cleared 7.69m in his first try however fouled the subsequent two. He couldn’t be among the many prime eight after three makes an attempt and was thus eradicated, together with eight different rivals.
The prime eight lengthy jumpers after three rounds are permitted to have one other three makes an attempt.
Reigning Olympic and world champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece gained gold with a greatest leap of 8.22m, whereas 19-yr-outdated Mattia Furlani (8.22m) of Italy and Carey McLeod (8.21m) of Jamaica had been second and third respectively.
Aldrin has taken half in three different worldwide occasions final month and had recorded 7.70m, 7.74m and seven.83m respectively. He had completed eighth in the Hangzhou Asian Games final yr.
National file holder triple jumper Praveen Chitravel can be competing in the world indoor showpiece.
