Photo: Reigning champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has advanced to the final of the Women's 100m
All three Jamaican women safely navigated their respective semifinals to advance to the final of the 100m which will close the show on the second day of track and field at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Saturday morning, Jamaica time.
Photo: Former 100m Olympic Champion Shelly Ann-Fraser-Pryce is the fastest women over 100m this season with a best of 10.63s.
The highly anticipated track and field section of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games gets going tonight local time. The running of the Women’s 100m is set to close the show on what is effectively the morning session in Japan.
Photo: (from left to right) - Tovea Jenkins, Ronda Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Stephenie-Ann McPherson will all feature at Velocity Fest 9 at the National Stadium today.
Velocity Fest 9 will mark yet another restart of local track and field today at the National Stadium in Kingston. The meet which is put on by the MVP Track Club will feature a number of the nation’s top athletes, who were only this week named to represent Jamaica at the World Athletics Relays is Chorzow, Poland on May 1 & 2 and is set to last for two hours.
Photo: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has called for a resumption of sports in Jamaica
Two-time Olympic and four-time World 100m Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, in a social media publication, made it very clear that she is not in support of some stakeholder's viewpoint to push back the Government's decision to restart sporting events locally. Sports was halted early last year due to the novel coronavirus and several major sporting events had to be postponed or cancelled.
Photo: The RJR/Gleaner's Gary Allen (left) presents the Chairman's Award to Jamaican Olympian Vilma Charlton at the RJRGLEANER's Sports Foundation National Awards Ceremony held on Friday.
Photo: Janieve Russell of MVP Track Club had a best of 55.40 in the Women's 400m hurdles at the Velocity Fest meets to finish joint fifth on the list of top performers worldwide in that event.
Photo: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a world leading 10.87s to win the 100m at the Velocity Fest Track Meet on Saturday.
Reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and former Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continued their fine form as the Velocity Fest Track and Field Series continued at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on the weekend.
The varsity stadium was buzzing with black green and gold, as the Jamaica's athletes secured four Gold medals on the second day of the 3rd NACAC Senior Athletics Championships happening in Toronto, Canada.
2018 Athletics World Cup champion and Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist, Stephanie Ann Mcpherson took full control of the women's 400, leading from gun to tape, and crossed the line in 51.15s to secure the first gold medal for Jamaica. Her teammate Christine Day, 53.04s was good enough for fifth in that event.
Photo: The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says that the Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce statue in now in Jamaica.
The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport announced today that the statue to be erected in honour of Jamaica’s leading female sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, is now in the island.
Photo: Jamaican Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year 2016 - Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson pose for photos after being crowned at the 56th staging of the RJR National Sportsman and Sportswoman Awards Ceremony, held at the Pegasus Hotel on Friday night.
The 2016 sports year brought Jamaicans many wonderful memories and on Friday night the sports men and women who gave us much to smile about were rewarded at the 56th staging RJR National Sportsman and Sportswoman Awards Ceremony, held at the Pegasus Hotel.
