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Shericka eyes the 100M crown

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FIFTH EDITION SUMMER 2023

JAMAICA SPORTS 876 MAGAZINE

WORLD 100M CHAMPION SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE

WORLD 200M CHAMPION SHERICKA JACKSON

COMPLETE JAMAICA TEAM EVENT PREVIEWS CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE FEATURES & MORE

SHERICKA EYES THE 100M CROWN

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INSIDE OLIVE’S WELCOME 5

LAST WORLDS FOR YOHAN AND STEPHENNIE?

BROADBELL LEADS BIG HURDLES CREW

TRACK + FIELD = A MORE ROUNDED JAMAICA TEAM

SHERICKA EYES THE 100-METRE CROWN

MAKING THE TRANSITION – PROS & CONS OF GOING PRO

MEDAL PREDICTIONS (WOMEN)

JAMAICA AT WORLD CHAMPS – 21 GREATEST HITS

MEDAL PREDICTIONS (MEN)

A JAMAICAN’S GUIDE TO BUDAPEST

JAMAICA’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM

WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

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WELCOME! OLIVE MCNAUGHTON

… to the 5th Edion of the Jamaica Sports 876 Magazine, Blazing in Budapest A s I pause for a few minutes in Cape Town to finalize this welcome for the fih Jamaica Sports 876 Special Edion Magazine and Digizine , I feel thankful and blessed on the journey of a decade and more. Over the past few weeks, I’ve travelled to Australia to witness the Reggae Girlz achieve historic performances, then journeyed from Perth in Western Australia to Cape Town, South Africa to be in the stands and cheer on the Sunshine Girls. It’s Independence day, August 6, and I can’t help but reflect on how blessed we are as a naon in terms of our global sporng prowess and achievements. The past year has indeed been a challenging one, navigang the logiscs for three Sportscaon Tours on three connents and in different me zones. FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia, Netball World Cup in South Africa, and Budapest World Athlecs Championships. It has been a dream and a privilege to be there in the stands supporng our Jamaican teams, giving Brand Jamaica deserved visibility in the stands, in the cies, in the media, with friends, family and fans waving the iconic black, green and gold flag. In Perth, I witnessed the Reggae Girlz historic first win in Women’s

place and the bronze medal by beang New Zealand for a second me. We celebrate their Independence Day gi to Jamaica. For all these recent outstanding sporng accomplishments by our ladies, it is track and field where we’ve had the greatest global visibility and success. And so, it is with great ancipaon that we look ahead to the 19th edion of the World Athlecs Championships to be held in Budapest, Hungary from August 19 to 27. Budapest, one of the great European desnaons – the Jewel of the Danube – provides the perfect backdrop for a mouth‐ watering track & field spectacle, where the women’s 100 meters connues to be the blue‐ribbon event. The final, set for August 21, is likely to feature the most talented and highly ancipated line‐up ever assembled, with the Jamaican sprint queens Shelly and Shericka contending with the likes of Sha’Carri Richardson, Marie‐Josée Ta Lou,

The Sports Realtor, Olive McNaughton

World Cup football, over Panama. Of course, since then, they have significantly exceeded this achievement by drawing with Brazil in their final Group match to become the first Caribbean team (male or female) to qualify for the knockout stage of a World Cup tournament. In Cape Town, the Sunshine Girlz connue to shine brightly in their quest for a first Netball World Cup by dismantling fancied South Africa and defending champions New Zealand. Aer these highly‐ ancipated group matches, they made it to the semi‐finals, where they faced perennial foes and many‐me champions Australia. Unfortunately, due to a few fleeng missteps, they were unable to overcome that hurdle, but they have just wrested third

Dina Asher‐Smith and Julien Alfred. The prospect of a Jamaican 1‐2‐3 repeat seems unlikely, with Elaine Thompson‐Herah missing due to injury

Youhoo , the Hungarian racka sheep, will welcome visitors to the Championships in Budapest.

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woes. There are sll, however, many tantalizing story lines:

• Will Shericka Jackson connue her elevaon towards finally becoming the 100m Sprint Queen? • Who dares bet against Shelly‐ Ann Fraser‐Pryce, the greatest 100m Championship competor in history as she bales injury, her rivals and me itself? • Will Sha’Carri Richardson finally put her off‐the‐track distracons behind her and live up to her immense talent and promise in a global championship? • Will African queen Marie‐Josée Ta Lou finally break through the Jamaican sprint dominance? • Can Julian Alfred, already a hero in her nave Saint Lucia and a product of the Jamaican high‐ school sporng tradion, convert

Cheering on the bronze medal-winning Sunshine Girls at the 2023 Netball World Cup in South Africa.

expect a well‐prepared sprint relay team to contend for the gold medal.

blend of the established standard bearers of the past decade and a new crop of emerging young talent. And, of course, we ancipate Shericka Jackson’s assault on the women’s 200m world record.

Beyond the short sprints, we look forward to breakthrough performances by Rasheed Broadbell in the 110‐metre hurdles, the precocious Roshawn Clarke in the 400 hurdles and young Jaydon Hibbert in the triple jump, in a team that is an excing

Now we add Budapest to the track and field cathedrals in

her brilliant NCAA season to success on the world stage?

On the men’s side, although perennial standard bearer Yohan Blake misses out this year, we’re definitely witnessing a transion and re‐emergence of depth in Jamaican male sprinng. Oblique Seville and Akeem Blake already signaled this promise at last year’s staging in Oregon, and are now joined by upstart 100‐metre naonal champion, Rohan Watson out of the MVP camp and Ryiem Ford from GC Foster. Our male sprinters will be compeve throughout the rounds and we

Celebrating with Shelly-Ann in Moscow, 2013

Out in force for the Reggae Girlz at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia

Beijing, Berlin, London, Moscow, Rio, Doha, and Oregon that Jamaica Sports 876 has embraced over the past decade, to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France and Australia and first me Netball World Cup in South Africa. I don’t take it lightly that I connue to have the privilege of a front row seat at these sporng spectacles. I delight in being able to share that journey with Jamaica Sports patrons, family, friends, and fans like you as we connue this drive to build a highly visible presence and support in the stands at major sporng events, that our athletes have come to appreciate and have a great sportscaon, enjoying new culture, cuisine and cies.

We are happy to also present again our innovave Jamaica Sports 876 Magazine and Digizine with interacve interview and videos. Enjoy. I thank you all for your support and I look forward to each day with you in beauful Budapest.

“With God All things are Possible” – Mahew 17:20

Olive McNaughton The Sports Realtor

Our contingent at the Oregon World Athletics Championships in 2022.

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TRACK + FIELD EQUALS A MORE ROUNDED TEAM I n 2012, the Golden Age of Jamaican sprinng was in full cry. At the London Olympics, legendary Usain Bolt led world champion Yohan Blake across the finish line in the 100 in 9.63 seconds, the second fastest me ever, and returned four days later to lead clubmates Blake and Warren Weir to sweep of the medals in the 200. In addion, Shelly‐Ann Fraser‐Pryce and Veronica Campbell‐Brown took gold and bronze over 100 metres and Fraser‐Pryce was second in the 200. To cap everything, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Blake and Bolt outran the USA with a world record 36.84 seconds in the 4x100. Even now, 13 years later, it is the only sprint relay me ever run under 37 seconds.. Months earlier at the CARIFTA Games in Bermuda, however, cracks were beginning to show. Jamaica dominated the medal table but floundered in the 100, 200 and 400 metres. “It should be a concern and I think Jamaica’s sprint coaches need to wake up,” reported Jamaica head coach Michael Vassell to the Jamaica Observer . “The non‐tradional events are here. The under‐17 girls discus record being broken, we managed to win the under‐17 shot put boys, shot put Under‐20 boys, discus under‐20 girls, it shows that our non‐tradionals are here,” he connued.

Commonwealth and NCAA high jump champion Lamara Distin (left) and top-ranked shot putter Danniel Thomas- Dodd. Jamaica has never had as many global contenders in eld events as in 2023.

“We managed to win almost all middle‐distance races on display; however, out of the 12 sprints events, we won two,” observed a concerned‐looking Vassell. Only Jazeel Murphy and Shauna Helps managed to win individual sprint tles, in the boys under‐ 20 100 and girls under‐17 100, respecvely. The fragilies starng appearing a year earlier, when Jamaica hosted the Games in Montego Bay. Murphy had won the under‐ 20 100 there too, as the gold medal take from the 100, 200 and 400 was 3 from 12. Blame Bolt’s rerement in 2017, and the subsequent departure of Asafa Powell, Carter and Frater for contribung to the void. Even though Blake, Oblique Seville, 200‐metre specialist Rasheed Dwyer and 400‐metre men Demish Gaye, Ackeem Bloomfield and Christopher Taylor have reached World and Olympic finals, medals have been impossible to come by. Despite that, Jamaica has kept its medal haul at respectable levels, scoring 12 at the 2019

World Championships, 9 at the 2021 Olympics and 10 at last year’s Worlds in Eugene, Oregon. Contribung to these running performances is a rise of the Jamaican excellence in the field. In 2019, Tajay Gayle shocked the world with a naonal record 8.69 metres to win the naon’s first long jump gold. Fedrick Dacres and Danielle Thomas‐ Dodd won equally historic silver medals in the men’s discus and the women’s shot, respecvely. Shanieka Rickes won Jamaica’s second triple jump medal in those Doha World Championships – 14 years aer Trecia Smith triumphed in 2005. Good signs are emerging for the near future. In Eugene, Lamara Disn and 2019 Pan‐American bronze medallist Kimberly Williams became the first Jamaican women to reach a world high jump final, placing 9th and 11th. A few weeks later, Disn took Jamaica’s first high jump gold at the Commonwealth Games since 1958 with Kimberly Williamson third.

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Aer years of tangling with injuries, Gayle, Dacres and

Thomas‐Dodd are on the road to good form with Danniel already notching a naonal record of 19.77 metres this year as well as Diamond League victory. As this is wrien, there are three Jamaican men in the 2023 discus world top ten: Roje Stona, Dacres and his training partner Traves Smikle. There’s even beer news in the horizontal jumps. Jaydon Hibbert is the world’s best triple jump prospect, and his University of Arkansas teammates Carey McLeod and Wayne Pinnock aren’t far away in the long jump. At the NCAA Championships in June, Hibbert won the triple, McLeod, Pinnock fellow Jamaican Jordan Turner went 1‐2‐3 in the long jump with wins also going to former Buff Bay prospect Romaine Beckford and Ackelia Smith in the men’s high jump and the women’s long jump. Like Hibbert, Beckford won the NCAA indoor AND outdoor tles. His ascendancy comes within memory of the gold medal secured for Jamaica by Brandon Ponger at the 2022 World Under‐20 Championships. One never can tell, but perhaps Beckford, Ponger or the home‐based pair of Lushane Wilson and Kristoff Bryan will eventually match or surpass the fih‐place finish by the late Germaine Mason in the 2003 World Championships. Jamaica has been brilliant in the women’s 100‐metre hurdles ever since the days of Michelle Freeman, Dionne Rose and Gillian Russell. With 2006 Commonwealth winner Maurice

Two days after long jumper Tajay Gayle gave Jamaica its rst global gold medal in a eld event, Fedrick Dacres threw 66.94 metres to take silver at the 2019 Doha World Championships.

Wignall as a role model, our men have operated at the same level with exemplars like Omar McLeod, Hansle Parchment, Ronald Levy and now Rasheed Broadbell. With the women’s sprints producing 1‐2‐3 sweeps at the 2021 Olympics and the 2022 Worlds, all that’s le is a return to glory for our male sprinters. Once again, the signs are good. Seville was a good fourth in the 100 in Oregon last year and Bouwahgjie Nkrumie has hit the jackpot twice. He was second at the World Under‐20s and at Boys’ and Girls’ Championships, he lowered the Class 1 and Jamaica under‐20 records to 9.99 seconds. Best of all, Nkrumie isn’t alone. The 2022 CARIFTA champions Deandre Daley (100) and Bryan Levell (200) both have excing potenal. The brightest prospect of them all is Akeem Blake of the Titans Track Club, where Frater is one of his coaches. Blake reached

the Eugene semis, and this year has blitzed the 100 in 9.89 seconds. The future is uncharted, but one possibility sees Jamaica with world‐class competors not only in the sprints but also in the hurdles, jumps and throws. I won’t speak for you, but I can see Jamaica teams exceeding the 2009 Berlin bonanza of 13 medals with 7 gold. The World Under‐20s provided a sneak peek. With 16 medals flying in from all angles, Jamaica nabbed 6 gold medals and ten others on the podium. It was an all‐me benchmark produced by a team of all‐round quality and depth. Oen, we refer to athlecs compeons as “track meets,” but the phrase betrays a long‐ held atude that ignores field events. This new wave of field eventers and their coaches are changing that view and bringing us closer to a Jamaican team that truly fires on all cylinders.

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MAKING THE TRANSITION HUBERT LAWRENCE

school system, doing well athlecally, and you have those who are the flip side to that, doing extremely well athlecally but poorly academically. So this is why I say you look at both sides of the fence, and I’m not going to say this is what you should do because it’s not everybody that can fit in the same shoe,” explained the coach who took an unheralded Candice McLeod through the UWI system to the 400‐metre finals at the 2021 Olympic and the 2022 World Championships. Coleman believes that young candidates oen get bad advice. As a result, many who go pro are ill prepared. “They have to go through a huge adjustment

Gonzales from high school into the professional ranks in 2003. Asked how helpful the local environment is for youngsters hoping to move from high school to the next level, Fitz replied, “I would say I’m on both sides of the fence, and I would say that because there are different types of youngsters coming out from the high school system. You have those who are talented on both sides of the fence, academically, athlecally,” he said from experience. GROWING UP FAST – THE PROS & CONS OF GOING PRO

W hen Herb 1942 to take up a track scholarship at Boston College, the sprint legend‐to‐be was making history. For more than 50 years aerwards, almost all McKenley le Jamaica in Jamaican track and field hopefuls followed in his footsteps to the United States to further their

athlec and academic ambions. Since the late 1990s, however, a great many have stayed home with Usain Bolt and Shelly‐

Herb McKenley was the rst Jamaican high school star to transition to the

next level on an overseas scholarship

“Then you have the average ones who can hold up in the

Ann Fraser‐Pryce becoming all‐ me greats by virtue of local training. But concern is mounng about the rate at which young prospects develop into world beaters. Some, like Bolt did in 2003, turn professional even before their Boys’ and Girls’ Championships eligibility has ended. Others like Fraser‐Pryce go to college and defer going pro unl later. Coach Fitz Coleman has sent thousands of Calabar, Wolmer’s and Ardenne student‐athletes off on scholarship and guided Hansle Parchment to the Olympic gold medal in the 110‐ metre hurdles aer helping him through the University of the West Indies scholarship programme. At the same me, he took Bolt and Jermaine

Much like basketball superstars Kobi Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Lebron James did, Usain Bolt skipped college to join the professional athletic ranks.

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Maurice Wilson, who like Coleman was a brilliant high school coach before moving into the collegiate and professional sector, recommends that the young professionals connue their educaon. “I think the opportunies are reasonable, if it is that the youngsters who are transioning at any point in me are going to receive an educaon along with whatever they plan to do,” he ventured. Clarifying his point further, the principal of the GC Foster College for Physical Educaon and Sport elaborated, “if it is that they are going to be leaving high school and be focusing on professional sports, whichever one, without any form of educaonal input, then I would not be supporve.” “I would be more supporve of the youngster going abroad, be exposed to their sort of instuons and then if they want to pursue it from America or come back to Jamaica, but if it is that they decide that they want to, they’re out of high school, they’re at the talent level, and they want to go professional in any sport at all, they should align with an instuon, or do some form of formal cerficaon, along with what they’re doing.” Coleman’s recommendaons end with an observaon that the terary educaon system here is less accommodang of the professional athlete. “You look at them based on the uniqueness of the individual, and then you can point them in the direcon you think is best for them. I don’t think, however, that Jamaica lends itself to studying and training the way it does in the

Olympic 110-meter champion Hansle Parchment beneted from a UWI track scholarship

process and I don’t think there is any high school student from this country who was ever prepared for that transion from high school and immediately to the high level, the senior ranks. Not one,” he pronounced.

system as a useful bridge between high school and

professional track and field: “It sll remains that way. Bear in mind though, I want to say this to you, that if they’re not careful they can go through the same kind of shellshock experience into the terary programme.”

He gives a nod to the college

Before she became a mainstay in the Diamond League and at global championships, Shanieka Ricketts was a UWI scholarship athlete.

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USA. It’s harder here,” he tabled.

for example, it’s going to be tough for them to say no,” the veteran coach added.

Perhaps for that reason, Wilson suggests that those who want to combine professional track with academics take a careful look at what is on offer. “What is important in choosing an academic programme is to look at the melines that you are working with and to look at whether or not you can do modules. So you can do two modules this semester, two next semester, or you can even take a semester off,” he recommended. “I’ve seen where athletes like Parchment, a Dacres, Anastasia Leroy, Yanique Thompson, would have completed their programmes, would have gone through university and college programmes, and they were able to compete professionally,” he said, presenng Parchment, discus champion Fedrick Dacres, 2018 Commonwealth medal winners Leroy and Thompson as examples.

Wilson thinks financial help is needed from the public and private sectors. “They could look at providing opportunies for 15‐20 of our elite sportspersons, and what you need to do is forget about this talk of equity but look at mutually beneficial relaonships where these persons are at a level that they would bring branding based on their performances, whether in football, track and field or netball,” Wilson argued. “They would bring some branding,” noted the coach who guided Ristananna Tracey to the 400 hurdles bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships. “And in return, there is this assistance to finance both their training and their educaon.” It isn’t easy to evolve from high school standout to internaonal medal winner. But it can be done, and every effort must be made to make it easier, especially in countries where the populaon is small. We all enjoy the glory when they succeed.

“It can be done,” he underlined, “and I think it should be done.”

The problem is a worldwide one. As a global reference point, only ten of the 39 individual winners at the 2010 World Under‐20 meet have gone on to senior world tles. They include regional global stars Kirani James and Shaunae Miller‐Uibo. According to David Riley, Technical Leader to Jamaica’s 2021 and 2022 World Under‐20 team, “If we don’t stop seeing ourselves as a unit and in a vacuum, then we won’t see some of the same issues facing other naons and realise that there are a lot of lessons we can learn from other people,” he said. At home, the University of Technology conveyed many into the internaonal arena with an alliance with the MVP Track Club, ensuring top‐class guidance. As a parallel, UWI nurtured Parchment, McLeod and triple jumper Shanieka Rickes. However, both instuons have cut back their athlec programmes, and UTECH missed the 2023 Intercollegiate Championships completely. Coleman thinks this might be one reason more youngsters are going pro directly from high school. “Bear in mind that some of the youngsters are coming from a kind of impoverished background and so when somebody gets an offer at 18 or 19 years old and somebody comes with US$100,000

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German team, but sprint double champion Katrin Krabbe damaged 21 GREATEST HITS JAMAICA AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS medal with a

02 2. 1991 Big anchor by Oey wins 4x100: Dismayed by taking only bronze from the 100 and 200, Oey came in for the 4x100 final at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. Hurdler Michelle Freeman, Juliet Cuthbert and curve runner supreme Bev McDonald did their best to stay with a swi McKenley was on hand in Helsinki to witness another chapter in the Jamaican 400‐ metre legend that he, Wint and Rhoden had helped to build. 01 1983 Bert Cameron: At the first World Championships, Jamaica’s big hope for gold was Bertland Cameron, who didn’t disappoint. He won every round of the men’s 400 metres and dominated the final with a display of power and speed to defeat the US pair of Michael Franks and Sunder Nix in 45.05 seconds. Bert’s win took place in Helsinki, Finland in the same stadium where Arthur Wint, Les Laing, Herb McKenley and George Rhoden set a world record in the 4x400 to beat the USA at the 1952 Olympics. Fingly, I n 18 World Championships spanning four decades, Jamaican athletes have won medals – and friends aplenty – in some of the most excing athlecs events ever contested. Here’s a look back at 21 moments that stand above all the others in our memory.

04 4. 1995 First field event medal: Jamaica was sll best known for its prowess in the sprints and the 400 metres. The first to break the mold was long jumper James Beckford. Cuba’s Ivan Pedroso had secured the gold Olympic champion Gwen Torrence gave chase, but thankfully Oey got home 0.02 in front of the American. 03 3. 1993 At last, Merlene gets her very own gold: By the me the World Championships were staged for the fourth me, Oey had won five individual medals, silver in the 200 from 1983 and 100/200 bronze in 1987 as well as 1991. In Stugart, Germany, she lost in a controversially close photo finish to Gail Devers in the 100. The loss made her even more determined to win the 200. She fizzed off the turn in the final and connued to advance unl fague shortened her stride. That was all the invitaon Oey needed. She charged forward, zoomed past long jumper/ sprinter Heike Dreschler and closed a gold medal effort. The me was a naonal record 41.94 seconds, Jamaica’s first‐ever sub‐42 performance. the field on the second leg. Just as Oey revved her engines for the anchor leg, however, the Germans flubbed their last baton exchange.

06 6. 2005 TJ gold for Trecia, despite an injured ankle: Trecia Smith banged her ankle in qualifying but refused to yield. Treated by team doctors, she bravely stepped on the runway for the triple final and gave a command performance with a world‐ leading leap of 15.11 metres. Moreover, it came 10 years aer James Beckford got Jamaica’s first field event medal. with a split me of 49.7 and her advancing footsteps seemed to pressure the USA into a baton passing mistake. With their Jamaican‐born anchor Suzian Reid scurrying to pick up the baton, Parris passed to 400 runner‐up Lorraine Fenton who hurried home for gold. The win was secured in naonal record me – 3.20.65 – with Fenton and Sandie Richards winning gold in front of a warm audience in Edmonton, Canada. 05 5. 2001 Gold in the 4x400: The USA was on its way to a roune win in the 4x400 unl Jamaica’s 400 hurdles finalist Debbie‐Ann Parris stepped on the gas. Parris reclaimed important metres for her team on the third leg Beckford snatched it away from him by one cenmetre in the last round. The historic silver‐medal jump spanned 8.30 metres. huge second round leap taped at 8.70 metres and Mike Powell, a two‐me winner, looked to have the silver wrapped up for the United States ... unl

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09 9. 2009 hurdles double thanks to Brigie and Melaine: Michelle Freeman and Deon Hemmings set the pace for Jamaica in the He was perhaps even beer in the 200, scurrying the first half of the final in 9.92 seconds. Short of training work aer a car accident prevented crical 200 metre drills, Bolt nevertheless reached the finish in 19.19 seconds, 0.11 than the record he set a year earlier at the Olympics. 08 8. 2009 Bolt’s WR double in Berlin: No one who was in Berlin at the World Championships will ever forget what Usain Bolt did in the 100 and 200. In the shorter race, the tall Trelawny nave outstarted a field of great starters and ran peerlessly to lower his own world record from 9.69 to 9.58 seconds, with American Tyson Gay taking silver and Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell third. placed Torri Edwards, and then Williams had won before the correct finish was caponed. 07 7. 2007 VC’s gold breaks the 100‐metre hoodoo: Throughout the country’s storied track and field history, Jamaica had never won gold in a global 100‐metre final. McKenley had come close in 1952 and there were near misses for Donald Quarrie, Cuthbert and Oey. Veronica Campbell broke the old jinx with a nail‐bing win over bubbly American Lauryn Williams. VC leaned sharply to edge Williams who was given the same me, 11.01, with Carmelita Jeter third in 11.02. Ver had to endure some chaos as the fickle scoreboard first had fourth‐

11 11. 2011 False start for Bolt, gold for Blake: The zero‐tolerance false start claimed its biggest vicm in the 2011 World Championships 100‐metre final when the incomparable Usain Bolt miscued his start. A stunned audience in Daegu, South Korea bore witness. When calm 10 10. 2009 Shelly and Kerron go 1‐2 in the 100: Like Bolt and Walker, Fraser repeated her 2008 Olympic victory, but it wasn’t easy. Tracking her every step of the way in the 100 was countrywoman Kerron Stewart. The quick‐starng Fraser survived to win, with a world leading me of 10.73 to 10.75 seconds for Stewart. women’s hurdling events with groundbreaking medals. However, Brigie Foster‐Hylton and Melaine Walker made history by winning the naon’s first gold medals in the exacng discipline. Foster‐Hylton peaked perfectly to lead Prisilla Lopes of Canada and Jamaica teammate Delloreen Ennis across the line in the 100 metre hurdles and Walker confirmed her 2008 Olympic 400 metre hurdles victory with a masterpiece. She dispatched her prime rival Lashinda Demus with the second fastest me ever – 52.43 seconds. returned, 21‐year‐old Yohan Blake mopped up the gold for Jamaica in 9.92 seconds to become the youngest world 100‐metre champion ever.

13 13. 2013 Doubles for Bolt and SAFP: Notwithstanding the heroics dang back to McKenley’s Olympic 100‐metre silver medal in 1952, the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russia is the meet that solidified Jamaica as the sprint capital of the world. Bolt did a roune to close a supreme effort, a gold medal and a sensaonal world‐ record me of 37.04 seconds. sprint double, with Carter third, Kemar Bailey‐Cole fourth and Nickel Ashmeade fih in the 100 and Warren and Ashmeade second and fourth in the 200. For good measure, Fraser zoomed to her second world 14 14. 2015 Bolt edges Gatlin: Subpar throughout 2015 due to injury, Bolt stepped off the physical therapist’s table to face an in‐form Jusn Gatlin at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China. Gatlin was impressive in the 100‐metre tle in the 100 and took the 200. To top things off, Jamaica won both 4x100 finals, with Bolt and Fraser taking the baton across the finish line in consecuve relay races. rounds and in the final, stormed away from the blocks. Then Bolt built his legend with a paent, persistent pursuit that cracked Gatlin near the final. The American faltered and Bolt squeezed past with a season’s best 9.79 to Gatlin’s 9.80. The tall man had turned the 100 into a Hitchcock thriller. 15. 2015 UPSET by Danielle Williams: At 22, Danielle Williams was rising fast in the 100‐metre hurdles. However, she pulled off a monumental upset in Beijing to become

12 15 12. 2011 WR 4x100 37.04: Bolt returned to defend his 200‐ metre tle in 19.40 seconds but he wasn’t finished. Teaming with Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Blake, he blazed his anchor leg

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16 16. 2015 4x400 women’s upset: The world should have seen this coming. Shericka Jackson, Chrisne Day, Stephennie‐Ann McPherson and Novlene Williams had finished 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th in the individual 400‐metre final but eyes were dazzled by a star‐studded USA team including the outstanding Allyson Felix. Everyone got the memo as soon as Day outpaced 2009 champion Sanya Richards‐ Ross on the first leg and aer Jackson opened up on leg 2. trouble overtook the favourites. The slim Jamaican rose to the occasion and set a personal best of 12.57 seconds in the final, where her older sister Shermaine was seventh. Jamaica’s second world champion. Bale hardened on the US college circuit, she first won the World University Games and in each round in Beijing, she stayed calm as 17 17. 2017 McLeod’s gold: Held for the first me in London, England, the 2017 World Championship was a watershed had, however, done her job by restricng the damage. Her leg gave Williams a fighng chance and she took it. Running like the veteran she was, she closed on World Indoor champion Francena McCorory and pounced with 40 metres to go, crossing the line with the baton alo. Jackson and Day went berserk when the deed was done, jumping up and down with eyes almost popping out of their heads. Felix struck back for the USA by catching, passing and outdistancing McPherson with a stunning 47.7 second leg with the baton. McPherson

19 19. 2019 Throws history for Dacres, Thomas‐Dodd: O’Dayne Richards had set the pace for Jamaican throwers with a shot put bronze in the 2015 Beijing World Championships but discus ace Fedrick Dacres and shot put queen Danielle Thomas‐Dodd went even beer in 2019 in Doha, Qatar. Both had been in previous finals but in Doha, Dacres got into second place in the second round with a throw of 66.94 metres and stayed there. on his first aempt. In round four, he blazed them again. His full‐blooded run exploded into a power take‐off, a graceful flight and an extended landing. The measurement was 8.69 metres, seven cenmetres longer than Beckford’s Jamaican record and good enough to place Gayle at number 10 all me. It was over. 18 18. 2019 Gayle blasts long jump: With Bolt gone, Tajay Gayle stepped into the spotlight with a huge win in the long jump. All Jamaicans succumbed to heart‐ in‐mouth disease when he nearly failed to qualify but he dropped two bombs in the final. Firstly, he shook up the favourites with a personal best of 8.46 metres as Usain Bolt took to the track for the very last me. Chilly temperatures shrunk the Jamaica medal haul to just four, but Omar McLeod kept the black‐green‐and‐gold flying high with a polished performance in the 110‐metre hurdles. McLeod, Olympic champion in 2016, was flawless in the London chill, winning in 13.04 seconds. It was Jamaica’s first world tle in the event.

20 20. 2022 1‐2‐3 in women’s 100: No country had ever done a sweep of the medals in a World Championship women’s 100 meters final as Eugene, Oregon welcomed the globe’s finest athletes in 2022. Aer Jamaica went 1‐2‐3 at the 2021 Olympics, however, the possibility loomed large. Shelly‐Ann Fraser‐Pryce, throughout her final and finished with a booming 19.47 metre throw that was just 8 cenmetres away from the winner’s best. In round four, a 20‐metre pu by the Jamaican was waved off as a foul. Jackson and Olympic winner Elaine Thompson‐ Herah duly obliged with Fraser‐Pryce leading from start to finish and winning in a championship record of 10.67 seconds. 21 21. 2022 Gold for Shericka!: Bedecked with top‐level medals in the 400 and the 4x400, Jackson cemented her brand as a converted sprinter in Eugene. Aer the dust seled in the 100, she commanded the 200 final like a queen. She followed For the compact champion from Kingston, it was her fih World tle in the 100. No one else, not even among the men, has more than three. Fraser‐Pryce through the turn and unleashed an unstoppable finish that placed her beyond the stunning me of 21.55 seconds she had done at the Jamaican Championships and beyond Thompson‐Herah’s Olympic‐winning naonal record of 21.53. Remarkably, the 28‐year‐old had clocked 21.45 seconds, the second fastest me in history.

By contrast, Thomas‐Dodd gradually raised her level

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HUBERT’S TOP 5 1. Bolt’s world‐record 100/200m double in Berlin 2009

2. Men’s 4x100m world‐record 37.04 in Daegu 2011

3. Melaine Walker’s 2009 400m hurdles win with what was then the second‐fastest me ever, 52.42, with the world record just 0.03 away

4. Women’s 1‐2‐3 in the 100m in Eugene 2022

5. Tajay Gayle’s 2019 long jump upset with a naonal record of 8.69m – number 10 all‐me

HONOURABLE MENTION 6. Oey’s big anchor leg is Jamaica’s first world 4x100m gold and first sub‐42 in 1991 7. Trecia Smith winning the 2005 triple jump despite an injured ankle. It is Jamaica’s first field event gold medal at the WC or the Olympic Games.

ALL‐TIME WC MEDALS 1983‐2022

JAMAICA WC MEDALS YEAR G S B TOTAL 1983 1 1 1 3 1987 0 1 3 4 1991 1 1 3 5 1993 1 1 3 5 1995 1 4 2 7 1997 0 4 3 7 1999 0 2 4 6 2001 1 3 2 8 2003 0 4 2 6 2005 1 5 2 8 2007 1 6 3 10 2009 7 4 2 13 2011 4 4 1 9 2013 6 2 2 10 2015 7 2 3 12 2017 1 0 3 4 2019 3 5 3 11 2202 2 2 7 11

TOP 10 COUNTRIES COUNTRY G

B TOTAL

1 USA

183 126 105 414

2 Kenya

62 55 44 161

3 Russia

42 52 48 142

8. Shericka Jackson’s 21.45, 2022

4 Germany

39 36 48 123

9. Bolt comes off his sick bed and beats Gatlin in the 100 2015

5 Jamaica

37 56 44 137

6 Ethiopia

33 34 28 95

10. Bert Cameron beats the Finland chill to win Jamaica’s first WC gold in the men’s 400 in 1983. 11. The upset win by Jamaica in the 2015 women’s 4x400 with Novlene Williams‐Mills coming from behind to secure the gold.

7 Great Britain 31 37 43 111

8 USSR

23 27 28 78

9 China

22 26 25 73

10 Cuba

22 24 14 60

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BUDAPEST A Jamaican’s Guide to MICHAEL A. GRANT

The Danube River, showing Buda (left) and Pest banks. The Parliament Building has the red dome in the background.

O riginally, the city should have hosted the

Europe with 3.3 million people. Bisected by the River Danube, the venerable capital is actually a conurbaon of three ancient towns – Buda, Óbuda and Pest (originally referred to as Pest‐ Buda), which became the civic heart of the Austro‐Hungarian Empire in 1873. Visitors will be happy to discover that much of the city is pedestrian‐ friendly, featuring the classically cobbled streets of Central Europe. There are aracons and acvies galore in Budapest, from the Parliament and the Great Market Hall, the largest synagogue and largest medicinal bath in Europe. Then there are oeat choices, such as museums for chocolate and pinball, a hospital in a cave under the Buda Castle district.

NATIONAL ATHLETICS CENTRE Budapest’s new track and field stadium is located on the eastern bank of the Danube River at the southern side of the city. The venue is reachable by tram, bus, local railway and boats on the Danube. Seang is arranged in rows from “A” to “ZZ” going upwards in the stadium; each seat is numbered in secons, beginning with “1”, going in a clockwise direcon. HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING & CROWN JEWELS It is the third largest Parliament building in the world, and once the absolute largest. Along with its neighbors, the Museum of Ethnography and the Ministry of Agriculture, it is architecturally one of Budapest’s most

event in 2007, when it ceded the honor to Osaka, Japan – but now it’s ready to greet athletes from 200 countries in the most important event ever staged in Hungary.

Freedom Statue

Before visitors sele into the 35,000‐seat stadium for the 19th World Championships in Athlecs, however, they should be aware of the other wonders that Budapest has to offer. As Hungary’s most populous city, Budapest is the ninth largest in

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idenfiable structures. Sll the country’s largest building aer more than a century, this Neo‐ Gothic building was inaugurated in 1886, marking Hungary’s 1,000th anniversary (Hungary was then part of the Austro‐ Hungarian Empire.) The large, impressive structure boasts 691 rooms, and someone has counted off 19 kilometers of corridors and stairs running throughout. Whenever the government is not in session, guided tours are available and last approximately 45 minutes. This is the opportunity to view the Holy Crown of Hungary and associated crown jewels in the building’s central Domed Hall. BUDA CASTLE & CASTLE HILL High above the Danube, Castle Hill (Várhegy) is the home of Budapest’s major medieval monuments and museums. Chief among these is 18th‐century Buda Castle (Budavári Palota), an enormous 200‐room palace built on the same site as the original building designed to defend against Mongol and Tartar invaders. Several museums, including the Naonal Gallery (main wing) and the Budapest History Museum (south wing), occupy four floors. Just like a large poron of the city, Buda Castle lights up beaufully at night. The castle courtyards remain open 24

Built especially for this year’s World Championships, Budapest’s National Athletics Centre was built on the eastern bank of the Danube River, south of central Budapest. With the temporary upper deck in place, its capacity is 36,000 seats.

hours a day. Castle Hill is worth a look for its walkways from the medieval period, including architectural styles from the Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque. The enre historic complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. SAINT STEPHEN’S BASILICA This landmark is the naon’s most significant religious building and home to the Holy Right Hand of Saint Stephen, the first king of Hungary. As the cathedral’s most precious holy relic, the mummified body part is displayed under glass in the chapel to the le of the high altar. By taking one of the two elevators available, visitors can go up to the cupola for sweeping 360‐degree views over the city and the Danube. There are frequent organ and classical music concerts at the site.

of Western European conveniences along with the energy, old pomp and affordable prices of Eastern Europe. This mixture of cultural influences can also be found in Budapest’s culinary tradions and restaurant scene. Hungarian food and café culture can be experienced all over the city, in places like Gerbeaud Café, the Százéves, Biarritz, Fortuna, Alabárdos, Arany Szarvas, Kárpáa and the world‐famous Mátyás‐ pince restaurants and beer bars. All pepper originates from ancient Mexico, and so it is strange that a pepper‐derived Hungarian spice is regarded as the very best in the world. Paprika , that reddish‐brown powder, is a mainstay of many Hungarian naonal dishes, including gulyás, a meat soup; “pörkölt”, a stew internaonally called goulash; and paprikash (or paprika gravy), a recipe that

The Crown, Sword and Globus Cruciger of Hungary on view at Parliament

FOOD CULTURE Budapest features a combinaon

combines chicken, broth, paprika, and sour cream.

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HOUSE OF TERROR One of many museums in

Hungarian paprika, widely considered the world’s best

the city is the House of Terror, located in the building that was once Nazi Headquarters during World War II and later notorious as a torture center used by the fascist Arrow Cross Party. Ironically, the 4‐floor locaon was originally known as the House of Loyalty before it was taken over for nefarious purposes in the 1940s and 1950s.

ANDRÁSSY ÚT This avenue is an elegant 2.5‐ kilometre (2‐mile) long tree‐ lined street connecng Deák Ferenc tér to the Heroes Square. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both sides are lined with large shops and flats that have been built close together. Underneath runs connental Europe’s oldest underground railway, where most of the staons have preserved their original grandeur. Heroes’ Square is dominated by the Millenary Monument, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front. To the sides are the Museum of Fine Arts and the Kunsthalle Budapest, and at the rear of City Park is Vajdahunyad Castle. The Hungarian State Opera House is found in this neighborhood. DOHÁNY STREET SYNAGOGUE This is the largest synagogue in Europe, and the second largest acve synagogue in the world. The complex takes up several blocks in central Budapest. It was built in the moorish revival style in 1859 and seats 3,000. Adjacent to it is a steel sculpture of a weeping willow tree to commemorate the Hungarian vicms of the Holocaust. SZÉCHENYI MEDICINAL BATH Budapest is famous for its thermal springs, some of which have been used for therapeuc purposes since prehistory. The city is also home to Széchenyi Medicinal Bath, the largest in Europe.

Located in City Park, it

opened in 1913, when more than 200,000 bathers visited the three large outdoor pools. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, with temperatures of 74 °C (165 °F) and 77 °C (171 °F). SEVEN DANUBE BRIDGES Because Budapest lies on two opposite banks of the Danube, several bridges are required to cross between Buda to Pest. Seven structures run from north to south: the Árpád Bridge (1950) at the north of Margaret Island; the Margaret Bridge (1901), destroyed during the war by an explosion and rebuilt in 1948; the Chain Bridge (1849), destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt in 1949; the Elisabeth Bridge (1903) dedicated to murdered Queen Elisabeth, destroyed by the Germans during the war and replaced with a new one in 1964; the Liberty Bridge (1896) rebuilt in 1989 in Art Nouveau style; the Petőfi Bridge (1937), destroyed during the war and rebuilt in

Budapest’s Terror Museum

THE FORMER ROYAL PALACE Once the scene of bales from the 13th century, the palace now houses two museums and the Naonal Széchenyi Library. The nearby Sándor Palace holds the offices and official residence of the President of Hungary. MATTHIAS CHURCH The seven‐hundred‐year‐old church crowns one of the major landmark areas of Budapest, built in neo‐Gothic style and decorated with colored shingles and elegant pinnacles. Next to it stands the equestrian statue of King Saint Stephen, and behind that is the Fisherman’s Bason, built in 1905 by the architect Frigyes Schulek.

The picturesque Szechenyi Chain Bridge at night

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1952 and the Rákóczi Bridge completed in 1995.

Széchenyi Medicinal Bath, Europe’s largest.

THE DANUBE PROMENADE This is one of the best places for views of the city’s unforgeable architecture. It’s also a place of reflecon at the Danube Bank memorial. Witness 60 pairs of realisc steel sculpted shoes that memorialize Jews shot here by the Nazis, a reminder of atrocies suffered by Hungary during World War II. You can also see the city on a boat cruise along the Danube, as many tourist excursions leave regularly from either side – or take a scenic ride on the number 2 tram along the eastern bank of the river. SHOPPING Budapest is a shopper’s haven, offering everything from tradional fare and food at the old Central Market Hall (located just across the Freedom Bridge from the Gellért Spa) to Vaci Street, known for its luxury bouques and famous brands. Built in 1897, the market is the largest and oldest in Budapest, covering more than 10,000 square meters and known for its wealth of fresh produce and other products sold throughout the different levels. Vaci Street is a pedestrian thoroughfare, allowing convenient strolling and browsing. THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS This is Budapest’s most important art gallery, with one of the largest collecons of European Old Masters on the connent. There is an impressive array of Italian, Spanish, and Dutch artworks in the long halls, including the Renaissance Hall. Founded in 1870, the museum has six outstanding secons: Egypan, Ancient, Old Sculpture Gallery, Old Painter Gallery, Modern Collecon, and a Graphics Collecon. STATE OPERA HOUSE Home to the 1,300‐seat Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hungarian Naonal Ballet, the imposing 1884 building is a must‐see and commands a central role in the cultural life of the city. As with other Budapest land marks, the this is worth it for its artwork and sculptures alone.

Zoo & Botanical Gardens.Established in 1866, the park is home to over 1,070 different animals, and is conveniently located in the heart of the city, around the corner from the Museum of Fine Arts. In addion to animal‐feeding opportunies, the zoo offers regular evening concerts.

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BUDAPEST ZOO One of the world’s oldest operaonal zoos, Budapest

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SCHEDULE

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8:50 10:30 10:35 11:05 11:35 11:45 12:00 12:25 12:35 13:15 13:40

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FINAL Q A+B Heats

OPENING CEREMONY 1500 M

20 km Race Walk Shot Put 100m Hurdles Hep 4x400m Relay 3000m SC High Jump Hep Hammer Throw Long Jump 100m 1500m Hammer Throw

19:02 19:05 19:10 19:35 19:43 20:30 20:35 20:40 20:55 21:47 16:35 16:55 17:05 17:35 17:50 18:00 18:25 19:10

(M) (W) (M) (M) (M) (W) (M) (M) (W) (X)

R1 A+B Q A Q A+B R1 Heats FINAL Q B FINAL FINAL

Shot Put Hep Discus Throw Triple Jump 100 M 200 M Hep Shot Put Discus Throw 10 000 M 4x400 M Relay

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DAY2 DAY 2 Sunday 20 August

7:15 9:00 9:35 9:50

20 km Race Walk Discus Throw 400 M Long Jump Hep 400 M Discus Throw High Jump 400 M Hurdles Javelin Throw Hep 100 M 110 M Hurdles Javelin Throw Hep

(W) (W) (W) (W) (M) (W) (M) (M) (W) (W) (M) (W)

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100 M Long Jump

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SF FINAL

1500 M 1500 M Hammer Throw 800 M Hep 10 000 M 100 M

SF SF

10:25 10:30 10:35 11:25 12:00 12:10 13:05 13:05

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DAY 4 Tuesday 22 August

18:40 18:50 19:35 19:40 20:05 20:30 20:35 21:10 21:40 21:50

NO EVENTS Pole Vault 400 M Hurdles 400 M Hurdles Triple Jump 110 M Hurdles Discus Throw 100 M 400 M 110 M Hurdles 100 M

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18:40 19:20 19:55 20:20 20:25 21:00 21:30 21:42

NO EVENTS 100 M Hurdles 800 M High Jump Discus Throw 400 M Hurdles 400 M 1500 M 3000 M SC

(W) (M) (M) (W) (W) (M) (W) (M)

R1 R1

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DAY 5 Wednesday 23 August

Q A Q A+B FINAL R1 Q B SF FINAL FINAL FINAL

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19:00 19:10 19:30 19:45 20:35 20:40 21:15 21:35 21:50 19:00 19:30 19:45 20:15 20:20 20:50 21:25 21:35 21:50 18:30 18:30 19:30 19:35 20:00 20:20 20:25 21:05 21:40 21:50 19:05 19:25 19:30 19:55 20:10 20:15 20:30 20:50 21:25 21:40 21:50

10:05 10:15 10:20 11:10 11:15 11:55 12:05 12:50

800 M Pole Vault Javelin Throw 5000 M Long Jump Javelin Throw

Hammer Throw Triple Jump

Pole Vault 3000 M SC

Hammer Throw 100 M Hurdles 1500 M 400 M 400 M Hurdles

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19:00 5000 M

7:00 7:00 7:00

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R1 FINAL SF FINAL

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5000 M Long Jump 200 M Hammer Throw 200 M 800 M 100 M Hurdles 400 M 400 M Hurdles

SF SF

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DAY 7 Friday DAY 7 Friday 25 August

(M) Heats

10:05 10:05 10:10 10:20 10:55 11:45 12:20

100MDec

QA+B Q A+B R1 FINAL R1 FINAL SF Heats FINAL FINAL

(M) (M) (M) (W) (W) (W) (W) (M) (W) (M)

High Jump Dec High Jump Dec 4x100 M Relay Triple Jump 4x100 M Relay Javelin Throw 800 M 400 M Dec

Heats Q A Q A+B A+B Q B A+B

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100 M Dec Javelin Throw High Jump Long Jump Dec Javelin Throw Shot Put Dec

200 M 200 M

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DAY 8 Saturday 26 August

A FINAL

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Javelin Throw Dec Pole Vault 4x400 M Relay 4x400 M Relay Javelin Throw Dec Shot Put 800 M 5000 M 1500 M Dec

FINAL Heats Q A+B A B A+B

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7:00 10:05 10:25 11:00 12:05 14:00

Marathon 110 M Hurdles Dec Shot Put Discus Throw Dec Discus Throw Dec Pole Vault Dec

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4x100 M Relay 4x100 M Relay

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20:05 20:10 20:20 20:45 21:10 21:37 21:47

High Jump 5000 M Javelin Throw 800 M 3000 M SC 4x400 M Relay 4x400 M Relay

7:00

Marathon

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ALL TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALL TIMES ARE IN CET. RE ROAD EVENTS.

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