Jamaican athletes skilled blended outcomes on the 14th Gyulai István Memorial World Continental Gold meet in Hungary on Tuesday.
Whereas Kishane Thompson delivered a stellar efficiency, Shericka Jackson’s sudden harm raised issues forward of the upcoming Olympics.
Following his spectacular efficiency on the Jamaica National Championships, the place he clocked a world-leading 9.77 seconds, Thompson confirmed his elite standing by profitable the boys’s 100 metres with a time of 9.91 seconds. He demonstrated his dominance by shutting down with lower than 20 metres to go, but nonetheless securing a snug victory.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo completed second with a season’s better of 9.99 seconds, and South Africa’s Akani Simbine, the meet file holder, got here third with 10.01 seconds. Jamaica’s Rohan Watson and Michael Campbell completed fourth and seventh, respectively.
Jackson’s setback within the 200 meters
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Jackson, the quickest half-lapper alive, confronted off towards St Lucia’s Julien Alfred within the ladies’s 200 metres. Each athletes have been evenly matched till Jackson took a slight lead coming into the straightaway. Nevertheless, with lower than 40 metres to go, Jackson pulled up, permitting Alfred to win in 22.16 seconds. Nice Britain’s Daryll Neita completed second with 22.36 seconds, whereas Jamaica’s Lanae-Tava Thomas and Natasha Morrison took third and fourth locations, respectively.
With the Paris Olympics simply three weeks away, issues arose over Jackson’s health. Thankfully, her physiotherapist, Troy Evans, reassured followers on social media that she was okay, attributing her pull-up to a hamstring cramp. A video posted by Evans confirmed Jackson sprinting in an indoor warm-up space, indicating her potential readiness for the upcoming Video games.
Nevertheless, it was not clear if the video was shot earlier than or after the race.
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In different outcomes, Tia Clayton completed second within the ladies’s 100 metres with a time of 11.06 seconds, behind america’ Tamari Davis (11.00 seconds). Krystal Slolely and Natasha Morrison completed third and fourth, respectively, whereas Tina Clayton was eighth.
Different Jamaican performances
Ackeila Smith secured second place within the ladies’s lengthy soar with a leap of 6.83 metres, narrowly lacking first place to Colombia’s Natalie Linares with 6.87 metres.
Andrew Hudson finished second within the males’s 200 metres, clocking 20.37 seconds. Olympic champion Andre De Grasse of Canada gained the occasion in 19.98 seconds.
Sean Bailey achieved a season’s better of 44.64 seconds within the males’s 400 metres, ending second to Olympic champion Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas (44.50 seconds). South Africa’s Lythe Pillay took third.
Rajindra Campbell positioned fifth within the males’s shot put with a throw of 21.20 metres, whereas Tajay Gayle completed ninth within the males’s lengthy soar with a distance of seven.76 metres.
Because the Olympic Video games method, Jamaican athletes are fine-tuning their preparations, regardless of the blended outcomes in Hungary. The performances on the Gyulai István Memorial present beneficial insights into their kind and readiness for the worldwide stage in Paris.
