A week after the explosive women’s 100m in Eugene, Oregon, athletics fans get another chance to witness the undisputed top three female sprinters in the world slugging it out once again, this time in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday, August 26, 2021. The meeting popularly called the Athletissima is the ninth in the series of Wanda Diamond League meetings this season. It is also the first of two meetings in Switzerland, the other being the grand finale in Zurich, September 8-9, 2021. Elaine Thompson-Herah, the newly crowned Olympic champion, who has been keeping statisticians busy in recent weeks, will fancy her chances going after the world record (10.49), which has stood since 1988. Thompson-Herah is undoubtedly in the best form of her life and making dreams a reality. She started the year as the fifth-fastest woman on the all-time list with her then 10.70 PB, now she is the second fastest (10.54) and five-hundredths of a second off one of the most unthinkable marks in athletics. If she is to achieve that historic feat on Thursday, she will have some incredible athletes, two of them familiar faces, pushing her all the way. Multiple […]
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Team Jamaica 🇯🇲 clocks NEW WORLD U20 RECORD of 42.94 to WIN GOLD 🥇 in the Women’s 4x100M Final at the World Athletics U20 Championships. Serena Cole 🇯🇲 11.73 Tina Clayton 🇯🇲 10.46 Kerrica Hill 🇯🇲 10.61 Tia Clayton 🇯🇲 10.14
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There was the alluring promise of a high-octane performance in the women’s 100m at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, August 21, 2021. The sun shone brightly, providing almost near perfect weather conditions that would encourage fast times and incredible emotions from the excellent field, which included six finalists from the Tokyo Games. Joining the line-up that was already teeming with talent was crowd favourite Sha’Carrie Richardson, who had a throng of supporters from her large fan base who were ready to cheer until they became hoarse. As it turned out, for the four main protagonists, it was a tale of two motions – forward and reverse. The irrepressible Elaine Thompson-Herah, fresh from her amazing Tokyo Games exploits three weeks ago, produced another exquisite display of sprinting stunning the world again in her seasonal debut Diamond League meeting. Drawn in lane six, Thompson-Herah and compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in lane four got excellent starts and began separating themselves from the field at 50 metres. However, Thompson-Herah as she did in Tokyo unleashed a burst of speed that, for the moment and near future, is unmatched to win in a jaw dropping 10.54 seconds (+0.9 m/s). […]
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Jamaica 🇯🇲 1-2-3 in the Women’s 100M at Prefontaine Classic with a Meet Record and PB for Elaine Thompson Herah. 1st Elaine Thompson Herah 🇯🇲 10.54 PB 2nd Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 🇯🇲 10.73 3rd Shericka Jackson 🇯🇲 10.76 8th Briana Williams 11.09 🇯🇲 It’s like Olympics all over again!! 🥇🥈🥉 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲pic.twitter.com/BXPJZdN8Xr#OneSportingCaribbean #DiamondLeague — Unveil+ (@unveilplus) August 21, 2021
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Ackera Nugent of Jamaica 🇯🇲 clocks 12.95 to WIN GOLD in the Women’s 100M Hurdles Final at the World Athletics U20 Championships. 🏅 Tina Clayton Jamaica 🇯🇲 (12.95) 🥈 Anna Maria Millend Estonia 🇪🇪 (13.45) 🥉 Anna Tóth Hungary 🇭🇺 (13.58) Oneka Wilson Jamaica 🇯🇲 (DNS) GOLD FOR NUGENT!!!🥇 Ackera Nugent takes the win in the Women’s 100m Hurdles Final with a 12.95!!!!#WorldAthleticsU20 #OneSportingCaribbean pic.twitter.com/nmXKMJc5lg — Unveil+ (@unveilplus) August 21, 2021
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One of the biggest sprint showdowns went up in smoke prior to the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games. However, thanks to the organisers of the Prefontaine Classic, a premier Wanda Diamond League event we will witness an occasion of delayed but not denied. The highly anticipated women’s 100m encounter this Saturday in Eugene, Oregon is now a reality worthy of prime time viewing. The brash talking American Sha’Carrie Richardson, who apparently watched the Olympics in unreserved frustration, due to a one month suspension, is chomping at the bits to settle the score ‘once and for all’ with the Jamaicans, who finished 1-2-3 in Tokyo and made the track world, temporarily, forget about her. Richardson, who earlier in the year raised American hopes with her dazzling times, is expected to light up (no pun intended) the Hayward Field track with another no holds barred display. Returning to the track after a one-month ban she remains defiant and unwavering in her beliefs as the world’s best, which is why many track fans are waiting anxiously for the outcome of this mouth-watering encounter. “Training has been going well,” says Richardson. “Lining up against these women, it’s going […]
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Briana Williams looks forward to Prefontaine Classic. As the youngest in the field to line up in the women’s 100m at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, 19 Year Old Olympic Gold Medalist Briana Williams is hoping for a personal best. “My coach keeps saying I still haven’t run the time he was expecting this season. I’m looking forward to lining up with these amazing women to see if the field can push me to a personal best,” said Williams. For Coach Ato Boldon, Briana has earned this moment, “She is running well and has earned her spot. I expect her to perform well, as she does in all the big races”. The Prefontaine Classic 100m Women’s final includes the fastest woman alive, Elaine Thompson-Herah, the most decorated 100M sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and America’s fastest woman this year, Sha Carri Richardson. Tanya Lee Athlete PR 876-393-9966
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Tina Clayton wins GOLD 🥇 for Jamaica 🇯🇲 in the Women’s 100M Final with a PB of 11.09 at World Athletics U20 Championships. 🏅 Tina Clayton Jamaica 🇯🇲 (11.09 PB) 🥈 Beatrice Masilingi Namibia 🇳🇦 (11.39) 🥉 Melissa Gutschmidt Switzerland 🇨🇭 (11.51) 7th Kerrica Hill Jamaica 🇯🇲 (11.67) TINA!! CLAYTON!! 🇯🇲 Personal Best 11.09 as she dominates the Women’s 100m Final at #WorldAthleticsU20🥇#OneSportingCaribbean pic.twitter.com/DkMcHQpRj2 — Unveil+ (@unveilplus) August 19, 2021
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Jamaica brought the curtains down on their Tokyo Games campaign with a bronze medal run in the women’s 4x400m final to finish with nine medals 4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze. Shericka Jackson volunteered to participate as Jamaica faced a selection dilemma after Stephenie-Ann McPherson, a finalist in the women’s 400m final, withdrew due to injury. It was a commendable move by Jackson, who prior to this final had competed in six races, including the final of the women’s 100m and 4x100m. Jamaica was up against a powerful Team USA, an excellent Polish quartet and a resurgent Great Britain in the fight for a podium spot. After the opening leg, Team USA assumed the lead that grew with each exchange. Jamaica’s Roneisha McGregor was steady running a 50.67 split and handing over fourth. The battle was truly on for silver with Jamaica occupying third after Janieve Russell made the second exchange to Jackson. It was quite understandable seeing Jackson, whose pet event is the 400m, conserving energy on the back straight. Many thought she was flirting with danger with her laid-back approach and their hearts would have skipped several beats when […]
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It was a day of mixed fortunes for Jamaica on the eighth day of athletics at the Tokyo Olympic Games (6 August). Coming on the heels of sprint hurdler Hansle Parchment’s gold medal performance twenty-four hours earlier, Jamaicans woke up ready to cheer and scream on Independence Day. The women’s 400m final was a must-see event with Jamaica’s Stephenie Ann-McPherson and Candice McLeod in mint condition to win individual medals. McPherson, who created quite a stir in the semi-finals with a stunning 49.38 run, was primed to win her first individual Olympic medal. McPherson ran the first half of the race at a frenetic pace chasing and seeking to keep up with defending champion Shaunae Miller-Miller of the Bahamas, who was going well in the outside lane. However, McPherson gradually lost momentum coming off the curve, into the home straight. Miller-Uibo, who had an unassailable lead, won her second consecutive 400m Olympic title in 48.36 seconds ahead of the improving Marileidy Paulino (49.20) of the Dominican Republic and Team USA’s veteran Allyson Felix (49.46). The 32-year-old McPherson, who drifted back to fourth when the dash for the finish line intensified, cried […]
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