Italy's Diaz dominates triple jump for opening world indoor gold

The Cuban-born athlete, who won Olympic bronze at last year's Paris Games, laid it all on the line in his very first jump in Nanjing's Cube, the new world lead moving him to 23rd on the all-time list. In the absence of Olympic gold and silver medallists Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun of Spain and Portugal's Pedro Pichardo, Diaz Hernandez had come to China in good form. He hopped, skipped and jumped his way to 17.71m to win European indoor gold in Apeldoorn earlier this month. China's Zhu Yaming...