Italy’s Andy Diaz Hernandez claimed the first gold medal of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 in spectacular fashion, launching a world-leading and national record jump of 17.80m in the opening round of the competition on Friday (21).
Results:
| Pos. | Country | Athlete | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ITA | Andy DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ | 17.80 WL |
| 2 | CHN | Yaming ZHU | 17.33 SB |
| 3 | BRA | Almir DOS SANTOS | 17.22 SB |
| 4 | BUR | Hugues Fabrice ZANGO | 17.15 SB |
| 5 | JAM | Jordan SCOTT | 17.10 |
| 6 | CHN | Wen SU | 17.09 SB |
| 7 | GER | Max HESS | 17.03 |
| 8 | ZIM | Chengetayi MAPAYA | 16.74 |
| 9 | USA | Russell ROBINSON | 16.50 |
| 10 | ITA | Simone BIASUTTI | 16.37 |
| 11 | USA | Will CLAYE | 16.31 |
| 12 | BRA | Elton PETRONILHO | 16.28 |
| 13 | ESP | Marcos RUIZ | 16.20 |
| 14 | CUB | Lázaro MARTÍNEZ | 14.04 |
| FRA | Melvin RAFFIN | NM |