Nationwide document holder Ackera Nugent prolonged her spectacular streak on the European circuit with one other win within the girls’s 100m hurdles at a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Zagreb, Croatia on Sunday.
Nugent, who’s making ready for the Diamond League finals in Brussels, clocked 12.55 seconds right into a headwind of -0.5m/s to dominate the sphere. Nice Britain’s Cindy Sember secured second place with a time of 12.67 seconds, whereas former world document holder Kendra Harrison of the US completed third in 12.78 seconds. Jamaica’s Britany Anderson, the previous nationwide document holder, positioned sixth in 12.91 seconds.
Nugent’s efficiency in Zagreb follows her current victories at Diamond League meets in Rome and Silesia, positioning her as a powerful favorite for this weekend’s Diamond League finals in Brussels.
Jamaican success at Zagreb
Jamaican athletes continued to shine on the Zagreb meet, with two different wins coming within the girls’s 400m and the lads’s lengthy bounce.
Stacey Ann Williams, a semi-finalist within the 400m on the Paris Olympic Video games, delivered a private finest of fifty.00 seconds to seize the one-lap occasion. Norway’s Henriette Jaeger completed second in 50.22 seconds, whereas Shamier Little of the US claimed third with 50.58 seconds. Williams led from the entrance, sustaining her benefit off the ultimate bend and holding off a powerful problem from Jaeger.
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Jamaica’s third victory got here within the males’s lengthy bounce, the place Shawn-D Thompson claimed the title with a leap of seven.99m. He tied with Uzbekistan’s Anvier Anvaron, however Thompson was awarded the win on countback. Croatia’s Roko Farhas rounded out the highest three with a bounce of seven.90m.
Different Jamaican highlights
Natoya Goule-Toppin completed second within the girls’s 800m, clocking 1:57.43 minutes. She was narrowly crushed by Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir, who gained in 1:57.00 minutes.
Shashalee Forbes took the runner-up spot within the girls’s 100m, ending in 11.23 seconds. Gambia’s Maria Bass Bittaye claimed victory in 11.13 seconds, whereas American Jenna Prandini positioned third in 11.30 seconds.
Hansle Parchment, the Olympic gold medallist within the 110m hurdles, secured third place in his occasion with a time of 13.25 seconds. Japan’s Rachid Muratake gained in 13.14 seconds, adopted by Daniel Roberts of the US with 13.15 seconds.
Rajindra Campbell continued his robust season with a third-place end within the males’s shot put, recording a throw of twenty-two.31m. Olympic champion Ryan Crouser of the US gained the occasion with 22.93m.
Roje Stona, the Olympic discus champion, completed fourth within the males’s discus with a throw of 65.93m.
