Jamaica finally got on the medals table at the end of Day Three at the 19th World Athletics Championships inside the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on Monday. The contest will carry on as scheduled during Tuesday afternoon; however, Jamaica won’t be able to increase its medal count since none of the country’s athletes will participate in the four finals scheduled for the day. Stay tuned for live results from the rest of the Caribbean here.
Jamaica’s Medal Trifecta in Budapest on Day 3
Hansle Parchment won a silver medal in the men’s 110m hurdles final and moments later Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce added silver and bronze medals to the tally to make it three and 10th place on the Medals Table.
Men’s 100m Hurdle Final Breakdown
Parchment, the reigning Olympic Games gold medallist who missed last year’s edition in Eugene Oregon due to a last minute injury problem, was slowly out the starting blocks but rallied strongly to beat all except race favourite, American Grant Halloway.
The American athlete ran a season best 12.96 seconds to claim gold for the third consecutive World Championships, while Parchment, who denied Halloway at the Olympics, timed 13.07 seconds, his best so far this season.
American Daniel Roberts took the bronze medal in 13.09 seconds.
Parchment was second in 13.18 seconds in the semi-final three but teammate Orlando Bennett could only muster fourth place in 13.34 seconds in semi-final one which was not good enough to get him in the top eight for the final.
Haiti’s Yves Cherubin finished seventh on semi-final two in 13.66 seconds and also failed to advance.
Women’s 100m Final Breakdown
In the women’s 100m final, the Jamaican pair appeared to have the race between them until American rising star Sha’Carri Richardson finished strongly on the outside in lane nine to snatch victory in a Championships Record 10.65 seconds, with Jackson second in 10.72 seconds and Fraser-Pryce third in a season best 10.77 seconds.
Julien Alfred of St Lucia finished in fifth position in 10.93 seconds behind Ta Lou in 10.81 seconds.
It was Richardson’s first global title and it almost didn’t happen as she qualified for the nine-woman final as the fastest loser, after finishing third in semi-final two behind Jackson and Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast, who were both timed in 10.79 seconds. Richardson clocked 19.84 seconds after a very poor start.
Jamaica’s Shashalee Forbes was sixth in 11.12 seconds and did not advance.
Fraser-Pryce won semi-final one in 10.79 seconds with Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye joint fifth with 11.18 seconds.
Alfred had won semi-final three in 10.92 seconds after being charged with a caution resulting in a faulty start. Jamaica’s Natasha Morrison was fourth in 11.03 seconds, as Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Poland’s Ewa Swoboda finished in third place in their semi-finals in 11.01 seconds, thus resulting in nine finalists.
Men’s Triple Jump Final Heartbreak for Jamaica
Earlier there was huge disappointment from the field event of triple jump as pre-event favourite, Jamaica’s 18-year-old Jaydn Hibbert was forced to withdraw from the event after hurting his hamstring on his first attempt.
Hibbert had posted the farthest jump and the only qualifying performance of 17.15m during qualification on Saturday with his 17.70m, achieved on his second jump. He had opened with 16.99m.
The closest athlete to the qualifying performance was China’s Yaming Zhu with 17.14m. He was fifth in the final on Monday with 17.15m.
The event was won by Burkina Faso’s Fabrice Zango with 17.64m ahed of the Cuban pair of Lazaro Martinez (17.41) and Cristian Napoles with a season best 17.40m.
Women’s 400m Semi-Final Breakdown
In the women’s 400m semi-finals, Candice McLeod of Jamaica was the only qualifier to the final. McLeod finished fourth in semi-final one in 50.62 seconds and had to wait until the end of the three semi-finals to breathe a sigh of relief as her time held out as the second of the two fastest losers into the final.
Semi-final one was won by race favourite, Dominican Republic’s Merileidy Paulino in 49.54 seconds.
Nickisha Pryce of Jamaica started out superfast in semi-final two but faded drastically as was expected to finish fifth in 51.24 seconds. Cuba’s Roxana Gomez was third in the heat in 51.07 seconds but her effort was not good enough for a place in the final.
Sada Williams of Barbados ended second in semi-final three in a National Record 49.54 seconds, an event in which Jamaica’s Charokee Young finished sixth in 51.40 seconds.
Men’s Discus Throw Final Breakdown
The men’s discus throw final produced a dramatic finish, even as Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres finished in fifth place with a best mark of 66.72m, while teammate Traves Smikle ended in 11th place with 61.90m.
The event ended in spectacular fashion by Sweden’s Daniel Stahl who produced a Championships Record 71.46m to snatch the gold medal on his last throw after Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh had registered 70.02m to take the lead on his last throw, the penultimate of the event.
Third place went to Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania with 68.85m.
Men’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Finals Breakdown
Meanwhile, Roshawn Clarke produced a stupendous personal best, World Under-20 Record and National Record 47.34 seconds to claim second place and a spot in Wednesday’s final of the men’s 400m hurdles.
Contesting semi-final three, the 19-year-old raced prominently and proved competitive against the world record holder, Norway’s Karsten Warholm who won in 47.09 seconds.
British Virgin Islands’ Kyron McMaster also made progress to Wednesday’s final, winning semi-final one in 47.72 seconds. In that event Jamaica’s Jaheel Hyde finished in fourth place in 48.49 seconds and failed to advance to the final.
Women’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Finals Breakdown
In the women’s equivalent, all three ladies advanced easily from their heats.
Rushell Clayton won heat one in a fast 53.97 seconds, Janieve Russell won heat two in 54.53, while Andrenette Knight was second in heat three in 54.21 seconds, as Cuba’s Zurian Hechavarria finished sixth in 56.43 seconds.
An abrupt end for Jamaica in Budapest
The competition continues on Tuesday afternoon but Jamaica will not be able to add to its medal tally as none of the country’s athletes will contest any of the four finals on the day.
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