The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Affiliation (JAAA) has unveiled its formidable crew for the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games, that includes a mix of seasoned veterans and promising newcomers.
The crew, comprising over 60 athletes, is poised to make a major affect on the worldwide stage.
Main the cost is dash legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who will make her fifth Olympic look after debuting in Beijing in 2008. Becoming a member of her is newcomer Kishane Thompson, the quickest man on the planet this 12 months, who headlines a powerful contingent of sprinters that features Indirect Seville and Ackeem Blake. Jamaica’s males’s 100m crew is keen to reclaim Olympic glory after lacking out on medals in Tokyo 2020.
The ladies’s dash squad additionally options thrilling new expertise, with Tia Clayton, Lanae-Tava Thomas, and Niesha Burgher making their Olympic debuts. Janeek Brown and Ackera Nugent, each newcomers, are set to compete within the hurdles, including depth to Jamaica’s line-up together with two-time world champion Danielle Williams.
Shericka Jackson, aiming for her particular person first Olympic gold, seeks redemption after a missed alternative in Tokyo. Jackson, together with Thomas, who has proven spectacular kind this season, and Niesha Burgher will bolster Jamaica’s medal prospects within the 200m. Andrew Hudson and Bryan Levell will tackle the lads’s half-lap dash.
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Subject occasions
Within the discipline occasions, NCAA Nationwide Division One excessive bounce champion Romaine Beckford makes his Olympic debut. Beckford, who received the NCAA title in June with a season-best 2.27m, hopes to translate his collegiate success to the Olympic stage. Lamara Distin will be a part of Beckford within the excessive bounce, representing the ladies’s crew.
The crew additionally consists of a number of standout athletes in numerous disciplines. Within the 400m, Junelle Bromfield, Stacey Ann Williams, and newly minted nationwide file holder Nickisha Pryce will symbolize the ladies, with Stephenie Ann McPherson as a reserve. The boys’s crew options Sean Bailey, Deandre Watkin, and Jevaughn Powell, with Rusheen McDonald serving as a reserve.
In middle-distance occasions, Natoya Goule-Toppin and Adelle Tracey will compete within the 800m, with Tracey additionally taking over the 1500m. On the lads’s aspect, Navasky Anderson will symbolize Jamaica within the 800m.
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The hurdles occasions will see Janeek Brown, new nationwide file holder Ackera Nugent, and Danielle Williams competing within the ladies’s 100m hurdles, with Megan Tapper as a reserve. The boys’s 110m hurdles crew consists of Orlando Bennett, Rasheed Broadbell, and Hansle Parchment, with Tyler Mason as a reserve.
For the 400m hurdles, Rushell Clayton, Shiann Salmon, and Janieve Russell will compete for the ladies, with Andrenette Knight as a reserve. The boys’s crew consists of Roshawn Clarke, Jaheel Hyde, and Malik James-King, with Assinie Wilson as a reserve.
The relay groups
Within the lengthy bounce, Chanice Porter and Ackelia Smith will symbolize the ladies, whereas Tajay Gayle, Carey McLeod, and Wayne Pinnock will compete for the lads. The triple bounce crew consists of Shanieka Ricketts, Kimberly Williams, and Ackelia Smith for the ladies, and Jaydon Hibbert and Jordan Scott for the lads.
Within the discus throw, Samantha Corridor will compete for the ladies, whereas Roje Stona, Ralford Mullings, and Traves Smikle will symbolize the lads’s crew, with Fedrick Dacres as a reserve. Within the shot put, Lloydricia Cameron and Danniel Thomas-Dodd will compete for the ladies, with Rajindra Campbell representing the lads. Nayoka Clunis will compete within the hammer throw for the ladies.
The relay groups function a powerful mixture of expertise. The ladies’s 4x100m relay crew consists of Tia Clayton, Shashalee Forbes, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson, with Alana Reid as a reserve. The boys’s 4x100m relay crew consists of Ackeem Blake, Jehlani Gordon, Indirect Seville, and Kishane Thompson, with Jelani Walker as a reserve.
For the ladies’s 4x400m relay, Junelle Bromfield, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Nickisha Pryce, and Stacey Ann Williams will compete, with Ashley Williams as a reserve. The blended 4x400m relay crew consists of Andrenette Knight, Charokee Younger, Zandrian Barnes, and Raheem Hayles, with Stephenie Ann McPherson and Kimar Farquharson as reserves.
The number of relay groups will likely be on the discretion of the Technical Chief and his crew. With a mixture of skilled athletes and rising stars, Jamaica’s crew is ready to make a major affect on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games.
