Bozhidar Saraboyukov won his first Diamond League’s long jump gold

Bozhidar Saraboyukov achieved his first Diamond League victory. The Bulgarian long jumper won in his last attempt at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome tonight with a result of 8.26m (-0.1 m/sec). This is also the first victory for a Bulgarian athlete in the men’s Diamond League tournaments.

In his other attempts today, Bozhidar Saraboyukov achieved 8.13m (-0.3 m/sec), 8.00m (-0.9 m/sec), 7.98m (-0.7 m/sec), 7.96m (-0.3 m/sec) and 8.26m (-0.1 m/sec).

The holder of all possible titles in the discipline, Miltiadis Tentoglou, finished second after landing 8.24m (-0.4 m/sec) in his last sixth attempt, having previously led with 8.20m.

Third came the young Cuban athlete Jorge Hodelin, who achieved 8.18m (-0.1 m/sec) in his third attempt. The world indoor champion in Torun this winter, Gerson Balde (Portugal), remained fifth with 8.00m (-0.4 m/sec).

Bozhidar Saraboyukov achieved second place at the Diamond League in Shanghai with 8.07m, and then in Xiamen he finished third with 8.29m.