IAAF Athletics Diamond League - Men's Long Jump - Stockholm Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden - June 10, 2018 - Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba competes to win the men's long jump event. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Cuba's Juan Miguel Echevarria produced the furthest long jump in 23 years -- 8.83 metres -- in winning the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Sunday but a tailwind denied him a place in the record books.
The 19-year-old raced to the stands to celebrate with supporters after producing the fifth longest jump in all conditions, behind Mike Powell, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis and Robert Emmiyan.
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