Jamaica’s medal haul grew on Friday evening on the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with two bronze medals added to the tally.
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The night started with Bryan Levell’s electrifying breakthrough within the males’s 200 meters, the place the 21-year-old stormed to a lifetime better of 19.64 seconds.
Levell’s surge carried him previous Botswana’s defending champion Letsile Tebogo within the last strides, sealing third place and his first senior world medal. Solely the American duo of Noah Lyles (19.52) and Kenny Bednarek (19.58) completed forward. For Levell, it was not only a podium end however an announcement of intent in what already seems to be like a defining debut season.
Jackson relinquishes her crown
Moments later, Shericka Jackson—the reigning queen of the ladies’s 200 meters—was pressured to yield her crown. Aiming for a 3rd successive title, Jackson clocked 22.18 seconds however needed to accept bronze.
It was American Melissa Jefferson-Wood who delivered the shock of the evening, blazing to a world-leading 21.68 seconds and changing into the primary U.S. girl to brush each sprints at a single World Championships. Britain’s Amy Hunt surprised the sector as properly, powering to a shock silver in 22.14 seconds, edging Jackson on the road.
Drama earlier than the gun
The ladies’s 200-meter last carried intrigue even earlier than it started. Bahamian sprinter Anthonique Strachan, visibly hindered by a strapped left leg, was disqualified for a false begin. Her painful exit lower quick any probability of difficult for a medal, leaving the observe in frustration and disappointment.
Scott simply misses the rostrum in triple soar
Jamaica’s Jordan Scott produced a leap of 17.21 meters within the males’s triple soar, ending fifth in a contest that delivered fireworks in its closing moments. Italy’s Andrea Dallavale thrilled with a private greatest 17.64m on his last try, just for Portugal’s Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo to grab victory with a dramatic 17.91m world lead on the final soar. Cuba’s Lázaro Martínez secured bronze with 17.49m, a season’s greatest.
Bol dominates 400m hurdles; Salmon finishes eighth
The ladies’s 400m hurdles last proved unforgiving for Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon, who may handle no higher than eighth in 52.27 seconds. The race belonged to Dutch sensation Femke Bol, who stormed to a world-leading 51.56 seconds. American Jasmine Jones impressed with a private greatest 52.58 seconds for silver, whereas Emma Zapletalová of Slovakia took bronze in a nationwide document 53.00.
Goule-Toppin’s painful exit
There was extra disappointment for Jamaica within the girls’s 800m, the place veteran Natoya Goule-Toppin, contesting her seventh World Championships, light after a powerful begin to end in 1:59.58 minutes. The end result ended her hopes of advancing, underscoring the brutal calls for of middle-distance racing at this stage.
Jamaica’s medal tally climbs
With Levell’s breakthrough and Jackson’s resilient bronze, Jamaica’s complete now stands at eight medals—one gold, 4 silver, and three bronze. The combo of rising stars and established champions retains the island firmly within the world highlight, its sprinting legacy each honored and renewed.
