HAVANA.- The camagüeyan Juan Miguel Echevarría classified today for the final of long jump in the opening of the XVII edition of the World Athletics Championships, seated in Doha, Qatar, till October 6.

Echevarría, champion in the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, was the first jumper to guarantee a spot in the finals with a very good score of 8.40 meters (m), very superior to the 8.15 m demanded.

The pronounced athlete was seen very confident in Khalifa International Stadium, where he restated his serious pretensions of winning the title in a test that will dispute the medals on the coming Sunday.

Leader of the current season, with a record of 8,65 m, the jumper comes to this world appointment with the motivation of winning the final of the Diamond League in his modality.

Besides, he conquered the golden medal in the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, both events concluded last month in august.

This Friday in the inaugural date of this strong contest in Doha, Cuba will be represented by other five competitors, including the pole vaulter Yarisley Silva, Olympic sub-champion in London 2012 and world champion in Beijing 2015.

Silva, bronze medal in London 2017, will go for her pass to the final, just like her compatriots, the triple jumpers Jordan Díaz, Andy Díaz and Cristian Nápoles.

Rose Mary Almanza will have similar action in the preliminary round of the 800 meters, to try to move forward to the semifinal stages, according to the official website of the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Cuba attends the World Championships with 17 athletes, after the recent inclusion of the young discus thrower Melany Matheus.