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World Championships discus throw silver medallist Jamaican Fedrick Dacres could only manage a throw of 62.60m for sixth place in the men’s discus throw at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway on Thursday.
That tame effort came five days after Dacres retained his title at the Jamaican Olympic Trials with a throw of 64.31.
Sweden s world champion Daniel Stahl got the better of Slovenian Kristjan Ceh for the victory. Both athletes achieved 65.72m in the last round, with Sweden s world champion Stahl having thrown 68.65m in round five and Ceh recording 66.68m in round four.
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Elaine Thompson Herah (right) beats Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (left) in the second semi-final of the women s 100m on day two of the Jamaican Olympic Trials at the National Stadium on Friday, June 25, 2021. (PHOTOS: Marlon Reid).
Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson Herah and her MVP teammate Shericka Jackson won the respective semi-final races of the women s 100m on the second day of the Jamaican Olympic Trials at the National Stadium in Kingston on Friday to qualify for the final.
In a statement performance Thompson Herah, who is third on the 2021 world rankings at 10.78, mowed down Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the world leader with a sensational 10.63, to win the second semi-final.