Prime worldwide athletes, together with Tobi Amusan, Julien Alfred, Abby Steiner, and Fred Kerley, are set to headline the inaugural Jamaica Athletics Invitational (JAI) scheduled for Saturday, Might 11 on the Nationwide Stadium.
The occasion guarantees to be a showcase of world-class expertise, with athletes from varied international locations competing throughout a number of disciplines.
Through the latest launch occasion held on the AC Resort by Marriott Kingston, Marvin Anderson, the athletes’ liaison officer, introduced the participation of those famend athletes. Amusan, the Nigerian hurdler, is coming off a profitable season, successful the Diamond League ladies’s 100m hurdles title for the third consecutive time.
Alfred of St Lucia lately secured her nation’s first-ever world gold medal on the World Indoor Athletics Championships, whereas American dash sensation Steiner made a triumphant return to the monitor after overcoming a difficult heel surgical procedure.
Granted World Athletics Continental Tour Silver standing
Kerley, the reigning world champion, is aiming to regain prime type after a disappointing 2023 season.
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The occasion, which has been granted World Athletics Continental Tour Silver standing, may also characteristic different notable worldwide athletes resembling Aleia Hobbs, Nia Ali, Daniel Roberts, Marvin Bracy, Trayvon Bromell, Shamier Little, and Donald Scott, amongst others. Promising Jamaican expertise, together with Jaydon Hibbert, Fedrick Dacres, Rushell Clayton, Jaheel Hyde, and Megan Tapper, may also compete in entrance of a house crowd.
Ludlow Watts, chairman of the native organizing committee, emphasised the importance of the meet in showcasing worldwide expertise in Jamaica. Ticket pricing has been structured to make sure most attendance, with finish-line tickets priced at $3,000 and seats in different sections of the Grandstand at $2,500. Bleacher seats shall be accessible freed from cost.
The meet will kick off with the ladies’s 400m hurdles at 7:35 pm and can characteristic a complete of 14 occasions, together with sprints, hurdles, jumps, and throws, promising an thrilling night of athletics motion.
