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DeLoach 6th at Diamond League long jump in Zurich

Former Eielson High long jumper Janay DeLoach, an Olympic bronze medalist, finished sixth in a field of nine Thursday at a Diamond League track and field meet in Zurich, Switzerland.

Coming off an eighth-place finish at the world championships recently, DeLoach went 21 feet even on her sixth and final jump Thursday. That topped her first-round jump of 20-8.

DeLoach, 29, won bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Serbia's Ivana Spanovic won Thursday's competition, soaring 23-0.50 on her final jump to surpass recently crowned world champion American Tianna Bartoletta (22-10.50). Spanovic finished third at the world championships.

DeLoach, who lives in Colorado, was one of two Alaska-connected athletes who competed at the world championships. The other was former Bartlett High shot putter Jordan Clarke, who just missed making the finals in Beijing, China.

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