World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024: Long Jumper Jeswin Aldrin Finishes 13th

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Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin finished 13th in the men's final of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow on Saturday (March 2). The national record holder started with a 7.69m jump but fouled the next two.

Jeswin Aldrin couldn't make the cut for the eight-man final after the first three jumps. The 22-year-old was the world leader for a few months last year in the outdoor season as he pulled out a jump of 8.42m.

Reigning Olympic and world champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won gold with a best jump of 8.22m, while 19-year-old Mattia Furlani (8.22m) of Italy and Carey McLeod (8.21m) of Jamaica were second and third respectively.

Aldrin has taken part in three other international events last month and had recorded 7.70m, 7.74m and 7.83m respectively. He had finished eighth in the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. National record holder triple jumper Praveen Chitravel is also competing at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024.

-With inputs from PTI