Abdulla Aboobacker gets 8th place finish in Xiamen Diamond League

Indian athlete Abdulla Aboobacker secured an eighth place finish in the men’s triple jump event during the Xiamen Diamond League held in China on Saturday.
Abdulla, who secured a gold medal last year in the Asian Athletics Championships held in Bangkok and a silver during the Birmingham Commonwealth Games back in 2022, logged the best leap of 16.33 m in China.
This was his second competition of the year after securing a first place finish in the Indian Open Jumps Competition in Bengaluru back in March with a 16.76 m mark. Abdulla’s personal best jump was logged back in 2022, 17.19m, as per Olympics.com.
The 28-year-old started his campaign with a 15.79 effort and managed to improve it to 16.30 m in his second leap. His best jump of 16.33 came on his fourth attempt after two fouls.
Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo, the current Olympic champion and two-time Diamond League trophy winner, bagged the top spot with a meet record jump of 17.51m, beating Andy Diaz’s 17.43m from last year.
The second spot was won by Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango, the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal winner, with a leap of 17.12 m leap. Local favourite Su Wen was third with a season’s best 16.82 jump.
This meet in China was the inaugural meet of the 2024 Diamond League series, which will have 15 events concluding with a Grand Finale scheduled for Brussels in September. (ANI)