Ackelia Smith sets World lead in women's long jump

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Ackelia Smith of the University of Texas produced a world-leading 6.85m jump to win the women’s long jump event on Friday’s first night of the New Mexico Collegiate Classic at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Smith, who represented Jamaica at the last two World Championships, was just a centimetre off the qualifying mark (6.86m) for the Olympic Games in Paris later this month. Her mark was an improvement on...

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