PARIS, France — All however one Jamaican athlete superior to the following spherical of competitors on Day 4 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on the Stade de France on Sunday morning. The one athlete to falter was 2019 World Champion lengthy jumper Tajay Gayle, who recorded a leap of seven.78m, inadequate to make the highest 12 for Tuesday’s last.
Gayle, with a private better of 8.69m, completed tenth in Group B. In the meantime, his compatriots Wayne Pinnock and Carey McLeod superior to the ultimate. Pinnock secured his spot with a 7.96m leap, inserting fifth in Group B, whereas McLeod jumped 7.90m in Group A, ending fourth. World champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece led Group A with 8.32m, and Radek Juska of the Czech Republic topped Group B with 8.15m, the one jumpers to attain the Olympic qualifying customary.
Pinnock is presently ranked seventh general, McLeod eleventh, and Gayle nineteenth.
The morning session additionally introduced disappointment within the ladies’s 200m, as reigning World Champion Shericka Jackson was a no-show in warmth three. Her absence has fueled hypothesis about an damage which will have saved her from competing in these Olympic Video games. Jackson had beforehand withdrawn from the 100m, citing a latest damage and a strategic concentrate on the longer dash.
Dash hurdlers advance
In her absence, Niesha Burgher clocked 22.54 seconds to complete second behind American Gabby Thomas, who ran 22.20 seconds in warmth one. Lanae-Tava Thomas additionally superior, ending second in warmth three with a time of twenty-two.70 seconds behind Brittany Brown of the USA, who gained in 22.38 seconds.
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All three Jamaican males superior to the semi-finals of the 110m hurdles. Defending champion Hansle Parchment confronted a difficult race, ending fifth in warmth three with a time of 13.43 seconds, however he superior as one of many quickest losers. Orlando Bennett secured his spot by ending second in warmth two with 13.35 seconds, whereas Rasheed Broadbell additionally superior with a second-place end in warmth 5, clocking 13.42 seconds. American favourite Grant Holloway gained that warmth in 13.01 seconds.
Within the ladies’s 400m hurdles, all three Jamaican athletes progressed. Rushell Clayton gained the primary warmth with a time of 54.32 seconds. Shiann Salmon adopted with a second-place end in warmth three, clocking 53.95 seconds, behind Femke Bol of the Netherlands, who ran 53.38 seconds. Janieve Russell secured her place by ending third in warmth 4 with a time of 54.67 seconds. American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated warmth 5, successful with ease in 53.60 seconds.
