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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
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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
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