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Jamaica’s Parchment Takes Home Diamond League Trophy

In a devastating hurdling run, Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment proved his class when he stormed to victory in the 110m hurdles in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday. The Jamaican track star showed his grit and determination to win the 2023 Diamond League trophy over world champion Grant Holloway. Parchment, the Olympic champion, hurdled his way to a world-leading 12.93s, which is also […]

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Action Jackson Hits Meet Record

In another blazing performance, Shericka Jackson set a meet record at the Diamond League finale in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday. Although the Jacksonites looked forward to the breaking of the world record from the 200m world champion, who has run times of 21.41, 21.82, and 21.48, heading into Eugene that was not to be but rather a postponement some would […]

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Jamaica’s Sprint Star Jackson Keeps On Winning

There is no stopping the Jamaican 2-time world 200-meter champion Shericka Jackson. She avenged her defeat to American Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100 meters at the World Championships in Budapest to capture the Diamond Trophy for the event on Saturday’s opening day of the final Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon. Jackson showed her class by upping her game to […]

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Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson Creates Meet Record

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson was in a no-nonsense mood when she stepped on the track to run at the Diamond League meet in Brussels on Friday. The Jamaican track star set the track ablaze, winning the women’s 200 meters in 21.48s in a slight tailwind of 0.2 meters per second. Although failing in her attempt to break the World Record, she […]

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Elaine Thompson-Herah Returns To Spanking Form

Elaine Thompson-Herah was in spanking form, running a season-best of 10.84s to win the 100m dash at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday. Thompson has struggled to find form in her recent outings because of injury for the better part of the season. However, the double-double Olympic champion showed her class in her winning performance, indicating that she […]

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Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson Stops The Clock At 9.85s

New Jamaica’s rising star 100-meter sprinter Kishane Thompson continues to create waves and talking points from his performance on the track. In his recent outing at the Wanda Diamond League in Xiamen, China on Saturday, he made a sensational run to clock a new lifetime best 9.85s for second in the men’s 100m, behind American Christian Coleman, who equaled the […]

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Parchment Shows Class In Hurdles At Meet In China

Hansle Parchment was in a no-nonsense mood when he took to the track on Saturday at the Xiamen Diamond League. He chalked up his season’s best to capture the men’s 110m hurdles event in 12.96s. The 33-year-old Olympic Champion showed character and excellent technique to blaze past his competitors, including reigning three-time World Champion Grant Holloway, in a season’s best […]

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Jackson Continues To Blaze Fire On The Track

There is no stopping of Jamaica’s two-time World 200 meters Champion Shericka Jackson, on the track. She continued her winning ways at the Wanda Diamond League, held recently in China. Although she did not produce a record time, she did well enough to hold off her competitors in a time of 21.82s in a slight 0.8 meters per second headwind. […]

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Shericka Jackson Continues Her Class Act On The Track 

Shericka Jackson, the Jamaican 100 and 200-meter track star, turned up the heat in Monaco to run away from her competitors to win the 200 meters race in 21.86 sec at the Diamond League Meet.   It was a phenomenal run against a field with the likes of USA champion Gabby Thomas, the world leader at 21.60, rising star Julien […]

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Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Bows Out

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has called it quit on an outstanding 2022 season after suffering her first loss at the Diamond League series in Brussel, Belgium, on Friday. The Jamaican, who had won the event 9 times heading into Brussels, narrowly lost out to compatriot Shericka Jackson, who finished runner-up at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July.  Following the […]