Jamaica has unveiled its formidable 21-member squad for the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, with Olympic Video games bronze medalist Megan Tapper and World Champion gold medalist Tajay Gayle main the cost throughout numerous disciplines.
The championships, scheduled from March 1 to three, will witness Jamaica’s participation in a big selection of occasions, together with the 60m, 60m hurdles, 400m, 4x400m relay, 800m, lengthy bounce, triple bounce, and shot put.
Ackeem Blake will characterize the nation as the only competitor within the males’s 60m, whereas Shashalee Forbes and Briana Williams will showcase their expertise within the 60m sprint. Tapper will headline Jamaica’s problem within the 60m hurdles, with Tyler Mason and Damion Thomas additionally that includes within the males’s occasion.
Center-distance occasions
Within the middle-distance occasions, Stacey-Ann Williams and Cherokee Younger will vie for glory within the ladies’s 400m, whereas Rusheen McDonald will carry Jamaica’s hopes within the two-lap race for males. Furthermore, each Williams and Younger are set to play pivotal roles within the relay squad alongside different achieved athletes comparable to Junelle Bromfield, Stephenie-Ann McPherson, Andrenette Knight, Leah Anderson, and Lanae-Tava Thomas.
The sphere occasions will witness Carey McLeod and Gayle competing within the lengthy bounce, Kimberly Williams taking over the triple bounce, and Daniniel Thomas-Dodd and Rajindra Campbell showcasing their prowess within the shot put self-discipline.
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Former JAAA president Dr. Warren Blake has been appointed because the staff supervisor, with Maurice Wilson serving because the Technical Chief. The teaching employees contains Reynaldo Walcott, Paul Francis, Orville Byfield, and Mark Elliott, guaranteeing the staff is well-prepared for the championships.
Dedication to excellence in observe and area
Oral Thompson and Evan Allen will function therapeutic massage therapists, whereas Mrs. Helen Francis will function Dr Blake’s assistant, with Marsha James because the staff’s physician. David Oughton is the safeguarding officer.
Jamaica’s participation within the World Athletics Indoor Championships underscores its dedication to excellence in observe and area, with athletes aiming to construct on the nation’s previous successes and make their mark on the worldwide stage as soon as once more.
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Jamaica completed twelfth on the medals desk on the final World Indoors in Belgrade in 2022 with one gold and two bronze medals.
Full squad: Shashalee Forbes, Briana Williams (ladies’s 60m), Megan Tapper (ladies’s 60m hurdles), Stacy Ann Williams and Charokee Younger (ladies’s 400m), Junelle Bromfield, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Stacy Ann Williams, Andrenette Knight, Leah Anderson, Lanae-Tava Thomas, Charokee Younger (ladies’s 4x400m relay), Natoya Goule (ladies’s 800m), Tissanna Hickling (ladies’s lengthy bounce), Kimberly Williams (ladies’s triple bounce), Danniel Thomas Dodd (ladies’s shot put), Ackeem Blake (males’s 60m), Tyler Mason Damion Thomas (60m hurdles), Rusheen McDonald (males’s 400m), Carey McLeod and Tajay Gayle (males’s lengthy bounce), Rajindra Campbell (males’s shot put).
