Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres ended the night with an IAAF Diamond League record, a National record and world leader in the men’s discus after successfully appealing against the disqualification of his third-round throw at the Meeting International Mohammed VI D’Athletisme in Rabat on Sunday (16).

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The Commonwealth champion led for the first two rounds and appeared to improve in the third as he sent his disc flying beyond the 70-metre line. It was judged to be a foul, however.

Sweden’s Daniel Stahl, who had headed this year’s world list with 70.56m, appeared to have earned the victory with a meeting record of 69.94m, just 44 centimetres clear of what was a season’s best by Dacres.

But Dacres later appealed the decision of his third-round throw – which, thankfully, had been measured at the time – and the appeal went in his favour.

Not only was he credited with the win, but his 70.78m was a Jamaican record, a Commonwealth record, an IAAF Diamond League record and the first throw beyond 70 metres on African soil.

The reappraisal meant Stahl had to settle for second place, with Lukas Weisshaidinger of Austria third on 68.14m – also a season’s best.

Dacres will be one of the headlines acts at the National Championships which gets underway this Thursday at the National Stadium.