Jah-Nhai Perinchief began the outdoor season competing in the 2023 Wanda Doha Diamond League in Qatar.
The Bermudian posted a season-best jump of 16.86 meters in his second attempt at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium.
The world and Olympic champion from Portugal improved to a marginally wind-assisted 17.91m in round two, but he couldn't rest on his laurels as Cuba's Andy Diaz followed him with a windy 17.80m, then world indoor champion Lazaro Martinez went out to 17.71m.
In the next round, world indoor record-holder Hugues Fabrice Zango jumped a wind-legal 17.78m, which was a world leader for the jumper from Burkina Faso but only enough for third place at the halfway stage of this competition.
Perinchief, who was named the Bermudian Male Athlete of the Year in March, won a Bronze Medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and silver at the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletic Association Senior Championships last summer.