Keith McGhie/Contributor Natoya Goule-Toppin’s hopes of making it to her third World Championship 800-metre final evaporated down the home straight of her semi-final at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Jamaica’s ten-time National Champion ran...
TOKYO, Japan Having entered the Tokyo World Athletics Championships with the aim of claiming a medal and lowering the national record, Jamaica’s Rusheen McDonald was left with bitter disappointment despite a valiant run in the men’s 400 metres...
TOKYO, Japan (CMC): More than 13 years after winning his first major title, Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott delivered another exceptional performance to capture gold in the men’s javelin at the World Athletics Championships yesterday. The 32-...
Lamara Distin couldn’t hide her deep disappointment as she bowed out of the World Championship high jump competition at the first attempt. Barely an hour after entering the Japanese capital’s National Stadium, Jamaica’s sole aspirant in the...
Natoya Goule-Toppin made light work of the heats of the 800 metres, winning the seventh and last one, but neither Kelly-Ann Beckford nor Adelle Tracey made it through to Friday’s semi-finals. Goule-Toppin led for almost all of the two laps and...
CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR described his experience in the 200-metre heats at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium as “mind blowing”, after overcoming all but two to progress yesterday. The challenge brought out a personal...
REIGNING NATIONAL men’s 400-metre champion and national record holder Rusheen ‘Big Boy’ McDonald says he is ready to do whatever it takes in the final as he eyes a podium finish at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. McDonald is set to contest...
HAVING DEBATED stepping away from the sport, Jamaican sprinter Adrian Kerr has praised his coaching switch as one of the major reasons behind his recent success, which sees him competing in his first-ever World Championship for Jamaica. Kerr made...
Tajay Gayle earned Jamaica’s sixth medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as he claimed the silver medal in a season’s best 8.34 metres. Gayle enjoyed a strong series with four of his six attempts exceeding the eight-metre barrier....
Bryan Levell was the highlight of the men’s 200-metre heats as the speedster was dominant in his heat as all three Jamaicans advanced to the semifinals at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Levell was by far the fastest qualifier in the...
