Nineteen-year-old Tia Clayton has expressed her pleasure after securing her first Olympic ticket following a stellar efficiency on the Jamaican Olympic trials.
The upcoming Jamaican dash queen completed second within the ladies’s 100m last, clocking 10.90 seconds, simply behind Shericka Jackson, with the 10-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finishing the rostrum.
Held on the Nationwide Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, the trials noticed Clayton beginning her marketing campaign with a second-place end within the preliminaries, clocking 11.02 seconds. She continued to impress by successful her semi-final with a time of 10.86 seconds, defeating Jackson.
Clayton expressed her pleasure at ending second within the last and qualifying for her first-ever Olympic Video games. She additionally acknowledged the help of her sister, Tina Clayton, who was unable to make it to the ultimate.
A unique mindset
“I’m feeling very nice, I’ve put within the work for this and I really feel very nice. I bought injured at the beginning of the season and got here out with a distinct mindset,” she stated. “My aim for the season was to be injury-free however that didn’t work nicely…I simply got here out right here and did my greatest. I educated very onerous after the harm.”
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Clayton additionally highlighted the numerous position her sister performs in her life, each as a motivator and a supportive determine. “She (sister) is a really massive motivator to me …she is sort of a second mum to me when my mother is just not round. Her being right here for me could be very heartwarming.”
Clayton’s season started with a win on the Velocity Fest 14, adopted by a sixth-place end on the Jamaica Athletics Invitational Meet. She then competed on the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, the place she completed sixth, earlier than making her mark on the Jamaican Championships.
