Career
At the 2007 World Championships he reached the final, but registered three invalid jumps there and ended up without a result. His June 2007 performance in Indianapolis included a jump of 8.22 meters, his personal best until the 2008 Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. There, he jumped 8.36 meters (27 feet, 525 inches) in his third jump, setting a new lifetime personal best.
He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.