The world came to pause last fall when Tajay Gayle captured gold in Doha, as he was the only was the only male Jamaicanto take home gold at the World Championships.
Tajay Gayle has provided us with one of those moments as he won gold in the men’s long jump at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday. The announcement of Gayle's signing came on Wednesday via Puma's instagram page.
Join Facebook to connect with Gayle Tajay and others you may know. The 23 year old became the first Jamaican to win a long jump world title after leaping a personal best and national … Shanieka Ricketts won … In blustery conditions, world long jump champion Tajay Gayle recorded a leap of 8.52m assisted by a +4.5m/s wind and also jumped a legal 8.23m (+1.6m/s). Tajay Gayle stole the show at the Nike Seniors Linkup athletics meet when he won the men’s long jump with an impressive 8.30m (0.5) inside National Stadium on Saturday. View the profiles of people named Gayle Tajay. The achievements continue to roll in for recently crowned RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation National Sportsman of the Year Tajay Gayle who has now signed a professional contract with Puma. Luvo Manyounga of South Africa is the world leader with 8.35m.
The 23-year-old Gayle soared past his previous best of 8.24m attained at the 2018 NACAC Championship in Canada and now has the second-best jump in the world. Gayle set a world-leading distance, jumping at 8.69 m, eclipsing the national long jump record help by Olympic and world championship silver medallist , James Beckford. Jumping before a crowd of nearly 1000 spectators outside of a mall in central Nanjing, Tajay Gayle notched a convincing victory in the street athletics style long jump competition that kicked off the inaugural Nanjing World Challenge meeting on Monday (20)..
World champion long jumper, Tajay Gayle, took Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Tajay Gayle take top RJR Sports Awards - 876-411 World champions Tajay Gayle and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce win RJR Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year for 2019.