PARIS, France — Jamaica’s long-standing dominance in ladies’s sprinting got here to an sudden finish on the Stade de France on Saturday evening.
Regardless of sturdy performances within the semi-finals, just one Jamaican sprinter, teenager Tia Clayton, made it to the ultimate. Clayton received her semi-final warmth with a formidable time of 10.89 seconds, defeating Nice Britain’s Daryll Neita and American Twanisha Terry.
The evening took a surprising flip with the late withdrawal of the legendary Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who suffered an obvious hamstring harm throughout warm-up. This unlucky occasion, coupled with accidents to Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shericka Jackson, meant that not one of the Jamaican medalists from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics may compete. In consequence, Jamaica did not safe a top-three end within the ladies’s 100m for the primary time for the reason that 1988 Seoul Olympics, breaking a 36-year streak throughout which the nation amassed 15 medals on this occasion.
In Jamaica’s absence, St Lucia’s Julien Alfred emerged victorious, setting a Nationwide Document with a time of 10.72 seconds. American Sha’Carri Richardson took silver in 10.87 seconds, whereas her teammate Melissa Jefferson claimed bronze in 10.92 seconds. Neita completed fourth with a time of 10.96 seconds.
Optimistic about her possibilities within the 1500m occasion
Earlier, Jamaica’s 4x400m combined relay staff, consisting of Reheem Hayles, Junelle Bromfield, Zandrion Barnes, and Stephenie Ann McPherson, completed fifth with a time of three:11.67 minutes. The Netherlands received the race, setting an Space Document of three:07.43 minutes, adopted by the USA and Nice Britain.
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Within the ladies’s 800m Repechage Spherical, Adelle Tracey completed fifth in her warmth with a time of two:03.67 minutes, indicating a below-par efficiency as she recovers from a current harm. Nevertheless, she stays optimistic about her possibilities within the 1500m occasion, which begins on Tuesday.
Wanting forward, the main focus shifts to the boys’s 100m, with the ultimate set to happen in the present day. The semi-finals will see Indirect Seville, Ackeem Blake, and Kishane Thompson competing in opposition to sturdy contenders like Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley, and Andre De Grasse. The highest two finishers from every warmth, together with the 2 quickest losers, will advance to the ultimate, scheduled for 9:30 pm (3:30 pm EST).
Sunday’s occasions additionally embrace the ladies’s 200m heats, with Shericka Jackson as a important contender, the boys’s lengthy leap, the 110m hurdles, and the boys’s and ladies’s 400m heats, providing a number of alternatives for Jamaica to make a mark.
