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Nia Robinson third in Stockholm Diamond League long jump debut
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Nia Robinson third in Stockholm Diamond League long jump debut

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World Athletics Indoor finalist Nia Robinson secured third in the women's long jump on her first Wanda Diamond League appearance, reaching 6.80m with a 2.4m/s following wind at Sunday's Bauhaus-Galan at Olympiastadion in Stockholm, Sweden.

Robinson was the lone Jamaican to make the podium at the meet. Roje Stona finished fourth in the men's discus, Danniel Thomas-Dodd was sixth in the women's shot put, and Assinie Wilson ended seventh in the men's 400m hurdles, an event outside the Diamond League programme.

Robinson's best mark came in the first round. She also produced a legal 6.78m jump with a 1.3m/s wind, her strongest outdoor legal performance of the season, after placing third at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on Wednesday.

France's Hilary Kpatcha took the long jump victory with a wind-assisted 6.85m at 2.4m/s. Italy's Larissa Iapichino was runner-up with 6.84m, also helped by an illegal 2.1m/s wind.

In the discus, Stona threw 66.42m but could not match the leading group. Sweden's Daniel Stahl, the former Olympic and World Championships gold medallist, won with a season-best 69.60m. Australia's world leader Matthew Denny was second with 69.02m, while Slovenia's Kristjan Ceh placed third with 67.67m.

Thomas-Dodd, competing in a third country in eight days, recorded one legal effort of 18.56m. Dutch world leader Jessica Schilder won the shot put with a meet-record 20.89m, ahead of American Chase Jackson with 19.91m and Canada's Sarah Mitton with 19.89m.

Wilson, who raced four times in just over a week, posted 49.13 seconds in the men's 400m hurdles. Brazil's world leader Alison dos Santos won in 47.11 seconds, with compatriot Mattheus Lima second in a personal-best 47.37 and Germany's Emil Agyekum third in a lifetime-best 47.72.

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