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Troy Doris wins triple jump Gold for Guyana at Commonwealth Games
Troy Doris Commonwealth Games 2018 Triple Jump Gold medalist.
Congratulations are in order for Guyana’s Troy Doris who leapt a season best 16.88m to win the triple jump event at the XXI Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia yesterday.
Doris is the only Guyanese to win a Gold medal at the 2018 edition of the event and the first since 2002 when Aliann Pompey won the 400m final in England; he is the fourth Guyanese to win a Gold medal at the games.
The overseas-based athlete, who finished sixth in the Rio Olympics, registered the world’s ninth best time for the year when he jumped to his winning distance.
Doris, who holds Guyana’s national record (17.18m), finished above Dominica’s Yordanys Durañona (Silver) and Cameroon’s Marcel Mayack II (Bronze) on the podium.
The 29-year-old is expected to be among Guyana’s National Sport Awardees according to the Director of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Christopher Jones.
Speaking to popular media, Jones said he has already made efforts to contact Doris to ascertain when he would be coming to Guyana or if he would be here for the National Sport Awards scheduled for May 24th, two days before Guyana’s Independence anniversary. He further posited, “That would provide us with an opportunity to bestow upon him the necessary for his achievement,” the NSC director noted.
CMC reported that Doris was forced to pull out all the stops after Cuba-born Dominican Yordanys Duranona Garcia laid down the gauntlet from early with a mark of 16.86 on his first jump.
Doris responded with the winning mark on his second leap, forcing Garcia to settle for silver, while Cameroon’s Marcel Mayak II took bronze in a personal best 16.80.
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