Wanda Moments in Brussels
Jamaica’s Akeem Blake won his first Diamond League meet with a 9.93secs performance in Brussels (13). Like the other winners, he was rewarded US$30,000 and an automatic spot to the…
Caribbean Day in Zurich
Olympic 100m silver medalist Sha’Carri Richardson (10.84) defeated the Olympic champion Julian Alfred (10.88) from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia at the Zurich, Switzerland Diamond League today (5th). Today’s…
Is Forte Finding Form Again?
Jamaica’s Julian Forte emerged winner of the men’s 100m in a tight finish with his compatriot and World Indoor Championships bronze medalist Akeem Blake. Forte, who has had years of…
Ivorian Talou-Smith Is Toast of Jamaica
Marie Jose Talou-Smith drew the biggest applause for the night when she was introduced in the lineup of the women 100m at the World Athletics Jamaica Invitational International meet in…
World Records Close Out ’23 Pre Classic
The 2023 Prefontaine Classic (the final stop in the Diamond League series, which doubled as the Wanda Diamond League Final) ended on a high note, literally, Sunday (September 17) in…
A Vintage Thompson-Herah Emerges on the Horizon
Jamaica’s double-double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is on her way back to where she belongs: the top of the Olympic podium. After two years of injury woes, slow times by…
Jamaica’s Natoya Goule Now a Global Challenger over 800m
Fresh off her July 13, 2018 impressive performance at the Rabat stop of the IAAF Diamond League, Jamaica’s 800-meter specialist Natoya Goule stepped up her game several notches for a…
Kendra Harrison Breaks 28-yr-old Sprint Hurdles World Record
The look on Kendra Harrison’s face after winning the 100m hurdles at the Diamond League meeting in London yesterday (July 22) was priceless. Her usually emotionless facial expression slowly transformed…
Ibargüen’s, Rutherford’s Winning Streak Ended in Birmingham
The Birmingham Diamond League on Sunday (5th) was the stage where the wings of three hot favorites were clipped as the winning streak of two came to an end. In…
Jamaican Hurdlers Continue to Light up Diamond League Series
The Jamaican sprint hurdles pair of Omar McLeod and World silver medalist Hansle Parchment (photo above) continued to dominate their Diamond League rivals Saturday (14th) in Shanghai, the second stop…