New national record to leaping Lapierre in Doha

New South Welshman Fabrice Lapierre has set a new Australian and Oceania indoor record to book his place alongside fellow Australian Flame athlete Mitchell Watt in tonight’s men’s long jump final at the world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar, overnight.

Opening his account with a season’s best leap of 7.66m, 26-year-old Lapierre leapt 8.19m on his second attempt to gain automatic qualification to tonight’s final and smash the previous national record of 8.11m shared by Glenn Carroll (Flagstaff, 03/03/1990) ... More