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Long jumper Smith qualifies for World Championships
Bermudian long jumper Tyrone Smith has qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, leaping to a season`s best 8.13 meters at a meet in Poland.
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Hamilton (Bermuda): Bermudian long jumper Tyrone Smith has qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, leaping to a season`s best 8.13 meters at a meet in Poland.
Smith’s jump saw him finish second at the 59th Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Meet in Szczecin.
Smith, 28, a two-time Olympian, recently won at a meet in France, and placed fourth in the Czech Republic.
He tweeted: Just qualified for Moscow 2013 with a new season’s best 8.13m!
“Congrats to Luis Rivera for his 8.30m New Mexican national record!”
Smith made it to the long jump finals at last summer`s London Olympics where he placed 12th.
The World Athletics Championships will be held in the Russian capital from Aug 10-18.
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