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Jamaican athletes had winning and brilliant performances at the Silesia Diamond League with Ackera Nugent and Tia Clayton topping the list.
Jamaican athletes had a fulfilling day at the Silesia Diamond League as youngsters Tia Clayton and Ackera Nugent led performances for the Caribbean nation following a forgettable Paris 2024 Olympics.
With several groundbreaking performances recorded, highlighted by Armand Duplantis and Jakon Ingebrigtsen setting new World Records, backed up by 10 Meeting Records and 2 National Records, the Jamaican athletes were not left out as they made their presence known.
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19:48 - 25.08.2024
Duplantis and Ingebrigtsen's world records overwhelm impeccable performances at Silesia Diamond League
How it went down at the Silesia Diamond League with 2 World Records, 10 Meeting Records, and 2 National Records on a day filled with impeccable performances.
Speed hurdler Nugent led proceedings with triumph in the women's 100mH event to bounce back to winning ways in grand style as she set successive meeting records of 12.30s and 12.29s (-0.5) in the heats and final.
Her senior compatriot and double world champion Danielle Williams placed third in a Season's Best (SB) of 12.38s, behind United States Grace Stark in 12.37s,
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It came as an important victory for the 22-year-old, having developed an injury at the Olympic final in Paris, thus not finishing her race, but shrugged it off with a third-place finish in Lausanne three days ago. With her spot booked in the Diamond League final, Nugent is surely a top favourite for the title in Brussels.
Consequently, Clayton produced the main upset of the day with a blazing time of 10.83s (2.9) for her first Diamond League victory. It would have been a new personal best for the Olympic finalist but for the excessive wind reading.
The 20-year-old beat the legendary Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith in an equal time of 10.83s and Tamari Davis settled for third in 10.84s.
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In the men's 110mH, Rasheed Broadbell continued with his epic rivalry against Olympic champion Grant Holloway after defeating him three days ago in Lausanne, but this time, the American had his revenge as he crossed in 13.04s with the fast-finishing Jamaican taking second place by 0.01 in a non-scoring event on the programme.
Olympic silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts won the women’s triple jump with 14.50m, from Cuba’s Leyanis Perez Hernandez with 14.42m and Dariya Derkach of Italy with 14.02m.
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17:18 - 25.08.2024
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo fails in first attempt to break Usain Bolt's record
The Botswana sensation Letsile Tebogo recovered from a slow start in his quest to beat Usain Bolt's record but took the meet record.
The men's high jump was faced with high drama as 32-year-old Italian Giammarco Tamberi won scaling the height of 2.31m. Jamaica’s Jermaine Beckford produced a personal best of 2.29m for second and Ukraine’s Oleh Doroshchuk was third with the same height.
Femke Bol of the Netherlands overwhelmingly won the 400mH in a meeting record of 52.13s, with Anna Cockrell of the United States, who beat her to Olympic silver in Paris, second in 52.88s. Jamaican champion Rushell Clayton was third in 53.11s.
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