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Keeping the Cookies by Briana Lawrence5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.Ī fit Davis could have doubled the haul in the girls' sprints given her ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships Class Two double winning times of 11.16 and 22.72 seconds. Missing were injured sprinters Kevona Davis, Michae Harriot and Sashieka Steele and ailing ace discus thrower Roje Stona. One can't help but wonder how many medals Jamaica would have won if the team had been at full strength. Similarly, the long jump bronze garnered by Wayne Pinnock was Jamaica's first in the horizontal jumps since the World Under-20 Championships began in 1986. Through Thomas, Jamaica won the 110-metre -hurdles for the first time. Led last week by gold medallists Briana Williams, Damion Thomas and Kai Chang, the team showed prowess in sprinting, hurdling, jumping and throwing. ![]() A Jamaican senior team is coming that could be hugely successful. With a record medal haul of four gold, five silver and three bronze medals at last week's IAAF World Under 20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, the Jamaica junior team has answered one of the nation's most persistent sporting questions - What will happen in the post-Bolt era? The response is simple. ![]()
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