KINGSTON, Jamaica World Championship finalists Roshawn Clarke and Sada Williams won the men’s and women’s 400m Open races on Saturday’s 47th staging of the Gibson/McCook Relays held at the National Stadium, both in season’s best times. Clarke the World Under- 20 record holder in the 400m hurdles and who ran on the medal winning Jamaica men’s 4x400m relay team at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary last year, equalled his.
Jamaica's freshly-minted Sportsman of the Year Antonio Watson will make his seasonal debut when he lines up in the 400m at the Camperdown Classic on Saturday inside the National Stadium. The reigning world 400m champion of Racers Track Club who has a personal best of 44.13, is drawn in a competitive heat 5 with his teammate Jeremy Brembridge who has a personal best of 45.55, Roshawn Clarke of Swept TC.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Organisers of the Gibson/McCook Relays have announced that due to the competitors running 70m instead of the scheduled 60m Women Open, in the first of three heats, the event will b.
Jamaican team withdraw from World Athletics Relays over COVID-19 restrictions Friday, 23 April 2021
Organisers of next month s World Athletics Relays have been dealt a major blow following the withdrawal of a star-studded Jamaican team due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Two-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell were among a string of stars set to represent Jamaica in Silesia in Poland.
But the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has confirmed the 39-strong team will not be able to take part at the event, scheduled to run from May 1 to 2.
The JAAA said COVID-19 restrictions had made travelling extremely challenging for the Jamaican athletes and officials, so pulled out.