TRACK GEEKS just can’t get the number 10.65 out of their heads. The first time they heard it, Shericka Jackson was storming to a new personal best at the National Championships in Kingston. The next time they heard it, Shericka’s world-leading...
DISAPPOINTMENTS HAVE made Danielle Williams stronger. That’s the insight from the man who has coached her to two World Championships 100 metres hurdles titles, Lennox Graham. Williams, the 2015 World Champion, produced a stunning upset last week...
When Shericka Jackson crossed the finish line at the end of last week’s World Championships 200 metres final, she did more than just to cement her place among the world’s best sprinters. Jackson’s time - 21.41 seconds - closed the gap to the...
JAMAICA HAVE won so many medals at the World Championships that we may take it for granted. Winning 137 medals is no mean feat and ranks Jamaica as the fifth most successful nation in World Championship history. It all started at the first staging...
Mutaz Essa Barshim is one of the greatest high jumpers of all time. Among those standing in the Qatari’s way at the World Athletics Championships is a confident challenger in great form. JuVaughn Harrison, son of former St Jago High School hurdler...
When Jamaica’s Roshawn Clarke was first introduced to hurdling, he hated it. Thankfully, he changed his mind. Now he stands ready to contest the 400-metre hurdles in Budapest at the 19th World Athletics Championships. Clarke’s remarkable journey...
For the first time since she won the Olympic gold at age 21 in 2008, super sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce isn’t one of the unanimous favourites for a championship 100 metres medal. The speed of others and her own interrupted preparation have...
According to 1998 Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles champion Gillian Russell-Love, her event will be hotly contested at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Russell-Love gives American super mum Nia Ali a slight edge...
Jamaica’s women were ready. That’s the observation by Ricardo Chong, coach of the national team that won the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) championships late last month in Suriname. Two weeks before the tournament, he felt, “the...
Nineteen-year-old 400 metres hurdler Roshawn Clarke made a giant step forward at last month’s National Championships with his winning time of 47.85 seconds. Now, with the 19th World Athletics Championships just around the corner, he’s quietly...
THE EIGHT-LANE running track is on its way out. That’s the consequence of a new ruling by World Athletics. That ruling ensures that for races run in lanes, there will be nine semi-finalists and finalists. The decision by World Athletics evens out...
WHEN 400-METRE hurdler Andrenette Knight completed her US collegiate eligibility, she joined a training group directed by American coach Lawrence ‘Boogie’ Johnson. That move has paid dividends. Now, the soft-spoken Knight is on her way to the 19th...
When Nayoka Clunis enters the circle for her first attempt in the hammer throw qualifying round on August 23 at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she will make history. Simply put, Clunis will be the first Jamaican ever, female or male...
Jacqueline Cowan, president of the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA), has asked for support for her sport following an upset win at the recent Caribbean Championships in Suriname. Coached by Raymond Chung, the women’s team ended the reign of...
ALTHOUGH RUSHEEN McDonald couldn’t run his National Championships 400 metres semi-final, his recent performances suggest that he be considered for relay duty at the upcoming World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. His selection to the team on...
Eleven days after she took the runner-up slot at the National Senior and Junior Championships, Andrenette Knight lowered her 400 metres hurdles personal best to 53.39 seconds. Knight believes the new mark is proof that her training has her on the...
MAURICE WIGNALL, the dean of Jamaican sprint hurdlers, while impressed with Rasheed Broadbell, isn’t counting Olympic champion Hansle Parchment out of the running at the World Championships in Budapest. According to Wignall, Parchment’s big-race...
JAMAICA HAVE played in every Netball World Cup since the tournament’s inception, and its fine record is highlighted by bronze medals in 1991, 2003, and 2007. That record could get a boost at the 16th staging of the tournament, in Cape Town, South...
RASHEED BROADBELL is the favourite to win the 110-metre hurdles at next month’s World Athletics Championships. That’s the considered view of Maurice Wignall, the dean of Jamaican sprint hurdles. Wignall believes that Broadbell’s combination of...
New national shot put record holder Rajindra Campbell is hungry to be on the big stage. That’s the view from Michael Vassell, the godfather of the local throws movement. Vassell says Campbell’s big throws in Madrid, Spain, last Saturday will...
There is a chance that three Jamaicans – Traves Smikle, Roje Stona and Fedrick Dacres – could be throwing in the World Championship discus final in Budapest, Hungary, next month. That’s the expectation from Kai Chang, who finished fourth behind...
Fired up by a disappointing finish at the recent National Championships, discus thrower Kai Chang is on his way to Chengdu, China for the 31st World University Games, with gold on his mind. The World Under-20 champion in 2018 is hoping to add...
WHEN YOUNG Jamaicans Jaydon Hibbert steps on to the runway at the Monaco Diamond League meet on July 21, the 18-year-old University of Arkansas student-athlete will face a whole new world. Hibbert leads the world in the men’s triple jump, but he...
NEW NATIONAL 400-metre hurdles champion Roshawn Clarke will train more than he races in preparation for the World Championships next month in Budapest, Hungary. “Hopefully, we will run before the end of this month, somewhere about two or three...
YET ANOTHER Jamaican is joining the jumps programme at the University of Arkansas. The man on the move is 2018 Youth Olympic Games finalist Apalos Edwards, who is transferring from Louisiana State University (LSU). Edwards won gold and silver for...
