Cuban long jumper Maykel Massó finished sixth at the fourth stop of the Paris Diamond League, in his European debut in the outdoor season.

Havana, June 9 (RHC) - Cuban long jumper Maykel Massó finished sixth at the fourth stop of the Paris Diamond League, in his European debut in the outdoor season.

24 years old and Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo-2020, Massó jumped 7.83 (-0.1) in his fourth attempt, in an event won by the Olympic monarch, the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou, winner with a discreet record of 8.13.

The U-18 and U-20 world champion, and fourth in the last absolute world championship of Eugene-2022, was the only Cuban present in the fourth stop of the prestigious Diamond League.

The Santiago native did not have his best night, as he surpassed the 7.80 mark on only two occasions and committed two faults.

In any case, Daniel Osorio's pupil holds as the best mark of the outdoor season the 8.36 of last May in the Cuba Cup, his second all-time record, after the 8.39 of two years ago.

With his record of 8.36, he has already qualified for the Budapest World Championship (August), so his preparation is heading towards the world championship, passing through the Centrocaribes at the end of this month in San Salvador, a competition prioritized by the Cuban sport.

He is also second in the world ranking of World Athetics (WA) and fourth in the world ranking.

In the French capital escorted Tentoglou, winner in Tokyo-2020, the Swiss Ehammer (8.11) and the Indian Sheeshankar (8.09).

 One of the stars of the 4th stop of the Diamond League in Paris was the Dominican Olympic and world runner-up Marileidy Paulino, who set a meeting record in the 400m (49.12 sec) to beat the world record holder in the 400m hurdles, the American Sydney McLaughlin (49.71).

The student of Cuban professor Yaseen Pérez Gómez is training with a view to the Centrocaribes in San Salvador (this month) and the World Championship in Budapest (August).