“The younger of our charges at the Games have done themselves proud they have acquitted themselves and have shown that they are now ready to step up among the seniors. 4x100m relay lead-off leg runner Briana Williams, 110m hurdles semi-finalist Damion Thomas and 100m semi-finalist and 4x100m anchor Oblique Seville led the way for former junior level standout.Ĥ00m finalist and relay bronze medal winner Candice McLeod, who also chopped her time to 49.51 seconds, will also leave Tokyo as one of Jamaica’s emerging stars in the sport. 400m finalist Christopher Williams also lowered his best to 44.79 seconds. Several young athletes have also raised their hands at these Games, with 100m hurdles finalist Britany Anderson, who lowered her personal best to 12.40 to become the second fastest Jamaican of all time in the event. It was Jamaica’s sixth straight medal in the Women’s 4x400m at the Olympic Games, which makes them the third most successful team in the history of the event. Jamaica’s final medal was delivered by the Women’s 4x400m relay team. Megan Tapper became the first Jamaican to win an Olympic medal in the 100m hurdles, after clocking 12.55 seconds to take the bronze medal behind gold medallist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico), 12.37 and world record holder Kendra Harrison, 12.52. Hansle Parchment’s 13.04 seconds gold medal run in the 110m hurdles event was another major highlight for the Jamaicans, who also celebrated the bronze medal won by Ronald Levy, 13.10, with pre-Olympics favourite Grant Halloway getting his first defeat in a year. She would secure her eighth as a member of the gold medal-winning Women’s 4x100m relay team. That silver was Fraser-Pryce’s seventh Olympic medal. Her 100m victory, which arrived with a 10.61 seconds clocking – the second fastest time in history and an Olympic record – led a Jamaican sweep of the podium positions in that event, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 10.74, and Shericka Jackson, 10.76, taking silver and bronze, respectively. Thompson-Herah climbed several rungs up the ladder of Olympic greatness, after securing a second consecutive sprint double, while adding the 4x100m gold to become the first Jamaican woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games. But that in stride will be remedied, I’m sure, as the coaches now begin to work with the various athletes to ensure their performances improve leading into next year’s World Championships.” “Some of our expectations were not realised as well, and I know it affects some of our athletes, in particular some of the field events that we have grown recently accustomed to having good performances from. “Several of our athletes have attained personal bests, national records have been set in several events, and we are very proud of that,” Gayle added. The association did its best for them and, coming out of this, we have learnt a lot and we will continue to do our best for our athletes,” Gayle said. These performances have come about during the pandemic and some of our athletes are not as sharp as I know they would have loved to have been. “I am very pleased with the performances of our athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, was also satisfied with the athletes’ performances. The event was won by the United States, 2:55.70 ahead of the Netherlands, 2:57.18 and Botswana, 2:57.27. In the male equivalent, the team of Demish Gaye, Christopher Taylor, Jaheel Hyde and Nathon Allen failed to get on the podium, after finishing sixth in 2:58.76. It was no different inside the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, as the team of Roneisha McGregor, Janieve Russell, Shericka Jackson and Candice McLeod crossed the line in 3:21.24 to take home a predictable and well-deserved bronze medal.Īs expected, the event was dominated by the United States, who called on 400m hurdles duopoly Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, 800m gold medal winner Athing Mu and the legendary Allyson Felix, who led the Americans to a 3:16.85 win, with Poland taking the silver medal in 3:20.53. Since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s women have always won a medal in the 4x400m relay event. We must commend them because they came here fearlessly and delivered tremendous results.” WELL-DESERVED BRONZE MEDAL “They were able to weather the storm related to the cancellation of the event, and just generally the fear of contracting COVID-19. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.
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