Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville narrowly missed out on a medal after the dust settled at the end of an enthralling men’s 100m final at the 19th World Athletics Championships on Sunday night. Additionally here are the live updates on how the Caribbean is ranking in the World Athletic Championships day by day.
Like the previous edition of the meet in Eugene, Oregon, last year, Seville finished in fourth place, but it took the photo-finish camera to separate second through fourth as they were credited with the same time of 9.88 seconds.
US Sprinter Lyles takes gold
American Noah Lyles won the gold in a joint World Leading 9.83 seconds, with Botswana’s youngster Letsile Tebogo claiming silver in a National Record, with Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes nabbing the bronze and the Glen Mills-coached Seville finishing next.
Jamaica’s other competitor in the final, Ryiem Forde, ended eighth in 10.08 seconds.
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Caribbean Performances in the semi-finals
Earlier in the day Seville had won semi-final three in 9.90 seconds, eliminating another American, Fred Kerley in the process. He finished third behind Tebogo and narrowly missed the final on time.
Forde had finished third in semi-final two in a personal best 9.95 seconds and made the final as the fastest loser, as only the top two from each of the three semi-finals were assured of a place in the final, plus the two fastest losers.
Rohan Watson was sixth in semi-final one in 10.07 seconds.
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Adelle Tracey’s national record in women’s 1500m
Meanwhile, Adelle Tracey ran a National Record 3:58.77 minutes to finish seventh in the women’s 1500m semi-final two but it was not good enough to advance her to the final.
It was the first time that a Jamaican woman was running below four minutes.
And Ackelia Smith finished 11th in the women’s long jump final, jumping 6.51m.
Competition continues on Monday with an evening session which will be highlighted by the women’s 100m semis and final, as well as the men’s 110m hurdles semi-finals and final.
Jamaica has strong representation in both and is expected to gain medals in both.
All four entrants, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison and Shashalee Forbes all made it to the semis, while two of the three men, Hansle Parchment and Orlando Bennett are in the 110m hurdles semis, after one of the race favourites Rasheed Broadbell fell at the penultimate hurdle and crashed out in his opening heat on Sunday.
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