Yohan Blake Matches Season’s Best in 100m
Yohan Blake, the 2011 world 100m champion, proved that he still has what it takes to compete at the highest level, as he matched his season’s best with a time of 10.01 seconds (0.2m/s) to win the men’s 100m at the True Athletes Classics, a World Athletics Continental Tour – Bronze Meeting, held on Saturday in Leverkusen, Germany.
Blake, who is 33 years old, displayed a strong finish, overtaking the fast-starting Jeremiah Azu of Great Britain to secure his second win in his last three races. Azu settled for second place with a time of 10.07 seconds, while Nigeria’s Seye Ogunlewe took third with 10.17 seconds.
Blake had earlier qualified for the final by winning his heat with a time of 10.07 seconds (-0.6m/s). However, he may miss the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary due to a false start at the Jamaica trials earlier this month.
Briana Williams Edges Masters in 100m
Briana Williams, the young sprinter who won the double gold at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships, also triumphed in the women’s 100m competition, clocking 11.38 seconds (-0.3m/s) to edge Bree Masters of Australia by one hundredth of a second. Masters closely followed with a time of 11.39 seconds, and Germany’s Lisa Marie Kwayie secured the third spot with 11.53 seconds.
Williams, who is 21 years old, had earlier qualified for the final by winning her heat in 11.46 seconds (-0.5m/s). She got off to a fast start and led by over a metre before Masters closed the gap in the second half with both athletes hitting the finish line almost simultaneously.
Shanieka Ricketts Dominates Triple Jump
Shanieka Ricketts, the national and Commonwealth Games champion, delivered a dominating performance in the women’s triple jump, winning with a leap of 14.52m (-0.4m/s). The 31-year-old Ricketts produced her best effort on her second attempt but would have won with any of her four legal jumps.
She finished comfortably ahead of Germany’s Maria Purtsa, who took second place with a jump of 13.69m (-0.1m/s). Ricketts’ compatriot Kimberly Williams secured the third position with a jump of 13.58m (-0.5m/s).
Ricketts, who retained her national title just under a month ago, is one of Jamaica’s medal hopefuls for the World Championships later this year.
News Made Easy:
Q: Who are the Jamaican athletes who won in Germany?
A: The Jamaican athletes who won in their respective events at the True Athletes Classics, a World Athletics Continental Tour – Bronze Meeting, in Leverkusen, Germany on Saturday, July 29, 2023 were Yohan Blake (men’s 100m), Briana Williams (women’s 100m), and Shanieka Ricketts (women’s triple jump).
Q: What is the season’s best time for Yohan Blake in the 100m?
A: Yohan Blake matched his season’s best time of 10.01 seconds (0.2m/s) to win the men’s 100m at the True Athletes Classics in Germany. He had previously clocked 10.04 seconds at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Hungary on July 18, 2023.
Q: How close was the women’s 100m race between Briana Williams and Bree Masters?
A: Briana Williams edged Bree Masters of Australia by one hundredth of a second to win the women’s 100m race at the True Athletes Classics in Germany. Williams finished in 11.38 seconds (-0.3m/s) while Masters followed with 11.39 seconds.
Q: How dominant was Shanieka Ricketts in the women’s triple jump?
A: Shanieka Ricketts won the women’s triple jump by a wide margin of 0.83m over Maria Purtsa of Germany at the True Athletes Classics in Germany. Ricketts leaped 14.52m (-0.4m/s) on her second attempt and would have won with any of her four legal jumps. Purtsa took second place with a jump of 13.69m (-0.1m/s).
source: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/
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