Beckford second in Diamond League in Poland
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- Jamaican high jumper Romaine Beckford secured second place at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia, Poland, clearing 2.29 meters.
- Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi won the event with a jump of 2.31 meters.
- Other Jamaican athletes competed in various events, with more participating on the second day of the meet.
Jamaica's Romaine Beckford earned a second-place finish in the men's high jump at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia, Poland. The Commonwealth Games champion cleared 2.29 meters on Saturday, his best jump of the competition.
Beckford, currently third in the Diamond League rankings and poised to qualify for the final in Belgium, needed all three attempts to clear 2.26m and 2.29m. He was unable to clear the bar at 2.31m, a height achieved by event winner Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy. American JuVaughn Harrison took third place with 2.26m.
In other events, Nia Robinson finished ninth in the women's long jump with 6.29m. Danniel Thomas-Dodd placed eighth in the women's shot put with 18.16m. The meet continues on Sunday, featuring several other Jamaican athletes, including sprinters Oblique Seville and the Clayton twins, who are competing for valuable points to qualify for the final.
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