Triumph in Tokyo

2025 TRIUMPH IN TOKYO

carving out her own lane. Jamaica’s competitive circuit has helped toughen her up and she’s made the leap – pun intended – into the long jump elite. In Tokyo, she’s aiming to write her name in the sand pit and make the medal board. Jamaican Connection: Trained at MVP Track Club in Kingston under Stephen Francis. Event(s) : 100m, 200m Career Achievement : World Junior Champion (100m/200m, 2012); World Relay Champion (4x400m, 2017) Tokyo 2025 Outlook : A seasoned athlete with jet engines for legs. Her time with MVP gave her the edge she needed to transition from prodigy to professional. She’s ANTHONIQUE STRACHAN BAHAMAS back in form and could be on course for the 200m final and a shock to the field with a late burst. Jamaican Connection: Lives in Jamaica, training with MVP Club Event(s) : 100m Career Achievement : Barbados U20 National Record Holder Tokyo 2025 Outlook : The Bajan dynamo has found her rhythm on Jamaican soil. With world class training partners and coaching, she’s elevated her game and punched her ticket to Tokyo. Keep an eye on her in the heats – she’s young, fast, and ready. KISHAWNA NILES BARBADOS

Tokyo 2025 Outlook: Smooth, powerful and consistent, she is a master of the one lap race. Her years in Jamaica under MVP’s elite coaching have fine tuned her pacing and finishing kick. Williams heads to Tokyo as one of the favourites for a 400m medal, and if her 200m speed holds, she could double up and shake the podium twice. ONCE TOUCHED BY JAMAICA, ALWAYS TOUCHED BY GREATNESS

ZHARNEL HUGHES ANGUILLA/GREAT

BRITAIN Jamaican Connection : Trains in Jamaica under Coach Glen Mills (Racers TC, same as Usain Bolt). Hughes was also a sprint star at Kingston College. Event(s) : 100m, 200m Career Achievement : British National Record Holder (100m: 9.83); 4 time European champion Tokyo 2025 Outlook: A Brit by passport, but a Jamaican by training pedigree, Hughes is one of the biggest threats to Jamaican sprinters. That’s poetic, considering he learned from the best on the island. He’s gunning for gold in the 100m and could lead Britain’s relay team to glory, too.

SADA WILLIAMS BARBADOS

Jamaican Connection: Trained at MVP Track Club in Jamaica

From the MVP magic to Racers precision, Jamaican training environments have produced not just world beaters in black, green, and gold but also medal contenders for other nations as well. Whether it’s a Lucian flash like Julien Alfred, fiery Bahamian hurdlers well prepared by Coach Francis or British sprinters shaped by Coach Mills, there’s a through line of Jamaican excellence. Call it proximity to power or island influence, the truth remains: once connected to Jamaica in track and field, the greatness could follow you – all the way to Tokyo. Herb McKenley (1922-2007), Olympic legend, coach and administrator, contributed greatly to Jamaica’s outstanding modern athletics system.

for the past six years. Event(s): 200m, 400m

Career Achievement: Bronze medal at 2022 Worlds, the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal there.

Sada Williams