It was a surprise going to long jumper tajay gayle. Tajay gayle born august 2 1996 is a jamaican long jumper and the current world champion. Tajay gayle shocked jamaica and the athletics world by becoming the first jamaican to win a world or olympic long jump gold medal. He is coached by stephen francis who also coaches. Gayle set his stall out with an 8. Gayle leaped a national record 869 meters best in the world this year to relegate us.
From the moment tajay gayle took off to when his feet kissed the sandpit everyone who witnessed the jump knew once the white flag came up signifying a legal effort that something amazing had occurred. The scoreboard matched expectations as the mark of 869m appeared to set tongues wagging inside the khalifa international stadium and around the world. Olympic champion jeff henderson to silver. He is a graduate of papine high school in kingston and he is a member of the mvp track club. Tajay gayle born 2 august 1996 is a jamaican long jumper. Gayle was born in kingston jamaica.
Now his coach the great stephen francis is quoted as saying. Tajay gayle rose to the occasion in spectacular style to win the mens long jump title with the biggest leap for a decade and the 10th furthest in history. Becoming an 8 metre jumper in 2017 improving from 754 the year before to 800 metres he went on to finish fourth at the 2018 commonwealth games and the silver medal at the 2018 nacac championships.
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