Paris, France — Workforce Jamaica males’s captain Yona Knight-Knowledge got here agonizingly near securing a spot within the remaining of the lads’s 3m springboard diving competitors on Wednesday morning.
Regardless of a valiant effort, Knight-Knowledge completed in thirteenth place with a complete of 412.40 factors from his six dives, lacking the ultimate by only a slim margin. The ultimate slot went to the Dominican Republic’s Jonathan Ruvalcaba, who amassed 416.20 factors.
Knight-Knowledge began robust and appeared poised for a top-12 end till he faltered on his fifth dive, a 3 ½ Somersaults in tuck, incomes solely 52.50 factors. This stumble mirrored his efficiency from the day past, the place he had scored 43.5 factors on the identical dive. At that time, he was ranked seventeenth, surpassing just one competitor.
Seventh-best diver
His greatest efficiency got here in his preliminary dive, a Ahead 3 ½ Somersaults in pike place, which earned him 74.40 factors and positioned him because the seventh-best diver in that spherical. He maintained this degree of excellence in his third dive, a Ahead 2 ½ Somersaults 1 twist in pike place, securing 72.00 factors and rating fifth. He additionally excelled in his fourth dive, a Ahead 2 ½ Somersaults 2 twists in pike place, incomes 73.10 factors and one other seventh-place rank.
A 3-time Olympian, Knight-Knowledge is now listed as a reserve for the ultimate and has indicated that he will probably be ending his worldwide profession.
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In the meantime, Jamaica continues to shine in athletics. Teen Romaine Beckford has secured a spot within the remaining of the lads’s excessive soar with a 2.24m effort in Group B, putting third behind New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr (2.27m) and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi (2.24m). Group A noticed high performances from Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Bersham and American Shelby McEwen, each clearing 2.27m.
Dash hurdles strengths
Jamaica’s dominance in dash hurdles was additionally evident as all three of their athletes within the 100m hurdles superior to the semi-finals. Within the first warmth, Janeek Brown completed third in 12.84 seconds, following Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan who clocked 12.49 seconds. Two-time World Champion Danielle Williams triumphed in warmth 4 with a time of 12.59 seconds, whereas Ackera Nugent gained warmth 5 in 12.65 seconds. Defending Olympic gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn claimed victory in warmth two with a time of 12.42 seconds.
Nonetheless, there was disappointment for Navasky Anderson within the males’s 800m heats as he completed fifth in warmth 5 with a time of 1:46.82 minutes, failing to advance. Equally, Adelle Tracey was unable to capitalize on her Repechage Spherical alternative within the ladies’s 1500m, ending eleventh in warmth two with a time of 4:14.562 minutes.
Regardless of the setbacks, Workforce Jamaica stays a formidable pressure in monitor and area, with excessive hopes for the upcoming finals and semi-finals.
