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Jamaican Yona Knight-Wisdom makes diving history

by admin· July 23, 2013· in Diving, Jamaica, News, Rio 2016, Sourced· 0 comments tags: Asafa Powell, Athletics, Ato Boldon, Bob Marley, Brazil, Brussels, Brussels: Bolt comes back to Memorial, Calabar Penn Relays, Caribbean Football Union, Carifta, Carifta 2013, Carifta U-17, Carifta U-20, CFU, Concacaf, Cuba, Diamond League, Diamond League Brussels, discus, Edwin Allen, ExxonMobil Bislett Games, FIFA, FINA, Football, Friendly, Golf, Guatemala, Guyana International Friendly Jamaica, Holmwood, Jamaca at Penn Relays, Jamaica, Jamaica College, Jamaica International Invitational, Jamaica sports, Jamaica vs Mexico LIVE, Jamaica vs tottenham, Jamaican diver Yona Knight-wisdom, jason "dadz" morgan, Jason Morgan discus, Kingston College, Mannings Penn Relays, National Senior Team, National Senior Team Male, Penn Relays, Penns, Red Stripe, Red Stripe Premier League, Reggae Boyz RSPL Senior Team, Ryan Bailey, Samsung Diamond League, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Simon Preston, Soccer Training, t-shirt, Tags: "dadz", Tags: Ardene High, Tottenham, tshirts, Tyson Gay, U-17, U17, U17 MNT, U20, USA, USA vs Jamaica, USA vs The World, Usain Bolt, UTech Penn Relays, VCB positive for doping, Watch Iaaf Diamond League Shanghai Live, Watch Jamaica vs Mexico LIVE, WCQ, World Cup
Yona Knight-Wisdom came 23rd in the 1M springboard at the World Championships Yona Knight-Wisdom made history as he became the first Jamaican diver to compete at a World Championships when he appeared in the heats of the one-metre springboard in Barcelona. Born and bred in Leeds, Knight-Wisdom had a three-way choice of which country to represent – Jamaica from his father’s side, Barbados from his mother’s or Great Britain. He chose Jamaica and received his passport in January last year before becoming the first Jamaican male diver to compete internationally. Knight-Wisdom represented Jamaica for the first time in April 2012 in Germany, and on Saturday he came 23rd in the 1m springboard in only his fifth international competition. [hr] [column2] [/column2] [column2_last] [/column2_last] [hr] He was four places behind Britain’s Jack Laugher, who he trains with under former world champion Edwin Jongejans in Leeds. While Betsy Sullivan represented Jamaica at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston at the grand old age of 10 before going on to the 1972 Olympics, Knight-Wisdom is the spearhead for the sport in Jamaica today. He told Press Association Sport: “They have the framework but they don’t have any springboards. So, if they can get […]
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