Shanieka Thomas-Ricketts take Diamond League triple jump title
Shanieka Thomas-Ricketts registered a massive upset in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday as she won the Diamond League final in the triple jump with a 14.93m personal ShaniekaThomas-Ricketts upstaged Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas, the Pan Am Games record holder and world...
Thompson, McPherson win in Paris
Jamaica’s Olympic 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson won the 100m at the Paris Diamond League. Thompson started well and stayed strong to win in 10.98 (-0.2m/s) from the Ivory Coast’s world 100m and 200 silver medallist Marie-Jose Ta Lou, who clocked 11.13. Double...
Jamaicans rampant in Birmingham
Omar McLeod, Yohan Blake, Akeem Bloomfield and Danielle Williams were winners at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was third in the 200m. Blake BirminghamDina Asher-Smith led the 200m with about 60m of the race remaining before 6ft 1in...
Jamaica predicted to win 10 medals in Doha
Only double Olympic champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson are predicted to win individual gold medals for Jamaica at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, next month, according to Trackandfieldnews.com, arguably the most respectable magazine of...