EUGENE, Oregon: As grateful as national long jump champion Wayne Pinnock was after his first major championship final, he said he owed his road to the World Athletics Championships to his father, who convinced him to seize his opportunity. Pinnock...
EUGENE, Oregon: While the COVID-19 pandemic brought a hiatus to sports, and uncertainty around the world, it was a blessing in disguise for middle distance runner Adelle Tracey who is competing in her first World Championships in the Jamaica...
EUGENE, Oregon: The Jamaican men’s quest for a resurgence in the 100 metres began as national champion Yohan Blake, Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake secured qualification to the semi-finals as the World Athletics Championships began yesterday in...
EUGENE, Oregon: As impressive as Shericka Jackson’s performances were at the JAAA National Senior and Junior Championships three weeks ago, coach Stephen Francis says that her rapid improvement in her second sprinting season has not been shocking...
The Gleaner can confirm that 400m runner Anthony Cox has tested postive for COVID 19. Cox who is a member of the 4x400m relay pool will be isolation and monitored for the next five days before doing another test. Follow The Gleaner on Twitter...
EUGENE, Oregon: For the 18th time, Jamaican athletes will begin their pursuit of glory as the 2022 World Athletic Championships begins today at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. With the mixed relays medals to be decided later today, event coach...
EUGENE, Oregon: The first senior team experience for quarter-miler Gregory Prince has been turbulent, to the disappointment of national 400 metres coach Bert Cameron. However, Cameron says that an opportunity is still there for him to take part in...
EUGENE, Oregon: The young career of hurdler Orlando Bennett took a significant step three years ago when as a teenager, he made his first World Championships team in Doha, Qatar Three years later, the 22-year-old hopes that his elevated mentality,...
EUGENE, Oregon: National 400m hurdles champion Jaheel Hyde said he is banking on his evolution as a competitor to make a first World Championship final and is eager to put the disappointment of that Tokyo Olympic semi-final to rest. A first major...
LEGACY ATHLETICS head coach Omar Hawes and Team Jamaica’s technical leader at the World Athletics Championships, Maurice Wilson, are both cautiously optimistic about Jamaica breaking their four-year medal drought in the men’s 100m. In another...
Sprinter Jelani Walker has been medically cleared to join the Jamaica camp at the World Athletic Championships here in Eugene. Walker was under observation by the medical team after initially testing postive for COVID-19 on Monday...
Gregory Prince is scheduled to arrive in Eugene tomorrow morning for the 2022 World Athletic Championships after securing his US Visa recently. Prince had faced a race against time to get the necessary documentation participate in...
Sprinter Jelani Walker tested positive for COVID 19 on Monday and has therefore been unable to join the Jamaican delegation in Eugene. He is currently being monitored by the medical team. Walker is an alternate for the men's 4x100m...
Eugene Oregon: The Gleaner has been reliably informed that discus thrower Chad Wright's participation in this year’s World Championships is in doubt as a result of visa issues. According to a source close to the situation, Wright was not granted a...
Tokyo Olympic champion Hansle Parchment and multiple 4x400m relay medalists Stephanie Ann McPherson have been named captains for Team Jamaica at the 2022 World Championships. Along with the team captains, the assignments have been...
Eugene, Oregon: A YEAR ago Tajay Gayle was determined to power through excruciating pain at the Tokyo Olympics in a bid to leave a mark in Japan. A year later, the defending world champion is injured again, but replacing the trepidation about not...
SWEPT TRACK club head coach Okeile Stewart says that 400m hurdler Jaheel Hyde’s improvement in form in time for the World Championships has been attributed to remaining at home to train after a difficult adjustment to his international schedule....
Eugene,Oregon: World Champion long jumper Tajay Gayle says that it will be a "game time" decision on whether he will defend his title at the 2022 World Athletic Championships here in Eugene, Oregon. Gayle was among the contigent of Jamaican...
Interim senior women’s head coach Lorne Donaldson says that despite Jamaica’s heavy defeat to the United States in their second game of the Concacaf Women’s Championship, he is pleased about still being in control of their World Cup qualification...
Jamaica College (JC) head coach Davion Ferguson said that the mental toughness of national youth player Duncan McKenzie will be a great asset to his development as he leaps into the professional ranks. McKenzie has signed with Serbian club RFK...
After the highs of their opening Concacaf Women’s Championship win against Mexico, Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz were quickly brought back down to earth by the world champions the United States, after a 5-0 drubbing in their second group game in...
Team Jamaica’s Technical Leader Maurice Wilson says that he is optimistic about a double-digit medal haul at the 2022 World Athletics Championships despite the lingering effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on athlete training and the...
World champions the United States defeated Jamaica 5-0 on Thursday night in their second group game of the Concacaf Women's Championship in Monterrey, Mexico. A brace from Sophia Smith in the fifth and eighth minutes as well as strikes from Rose...
World champions the United States are leading Jamaica 2-0 in Thursday's second Group A game of the Concacaf Women's Championship in Monterrey, Mexico. Sophia Smith scored in the fifth and eighth minutes as the United States imposed their...
IN A landmark first for track and field, World Athletics announced the awarding of instant medals for athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon starting July 15. The announcement was made yesterday as the World Athletics Local...
