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...
Any meet with world record holders Ryan Crouser, Tobi Amusan, Mondo Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas is a many splendoured thing. Add metric miler supreme Jakob Ingebrigtsen and implacable American sprinter Fred Kerley and Sunday’s Silesia Diamond...
The race for spots on Jamaica’s team to the 19th World Athletics Championships isn’t over. While last week’s National Championships clarified the selections in many events, the roster remains incomplete in others. The race in disciplines like the...
SEVEN DAYS before the funeral service for Holmwood track patriarch Eddie Hector in Kendal, Manchester, British sprinter Zharnel Hughes ran a sparkling 200-metre race at the National Stadium in Kingston. When the service was over, motivated by that...
A FORLORN return from the Penn Relays in April spurred the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) trio of Javorne Dunkley, Tremaine Todd and Enrique Webster to strong performances at last weekend’s National Junior Athletics Championships in...
Don’t look for world-leading triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert or his University of Arkansas teammates to be competing here, there, and everywhere between now and the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. According to the man who coaches...
