Ten Jamaican athletes are down to take part at Thursday’s (9 Sept) Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games champions Elaine Thompson-Herah and Hansle Parchment headline the list of Jamaicans.
Megan Tapper, who won bronze in the women’s 100m hurdles, so too Ronald Levy in the men’s 110m hurdles, and 100m bronze medallist Shericka Jackson, are also listed for the women’s 200m event.
Diamond League Grand finale: Wednesday and Thursday, September 8-9, 2021 schedule (Jamaica time):
Wednesday
9:55 am Women’s shot put (Danielle Thomas-Dodd)
Thursday
11:20 am Men’s Discus (Fedrick Dacres)
11:40 am Women’s Triple Jump (Shanieka Ricketts, Kimberly Williams)
12:04 pm Women’s 400m (Stephenie-Ann McPherson, Candice McLeod, Marileidy Paulino, Sada Williams, Lieke Klaver)
12:15 pm Men’s 400m (Kirani James, Michael Cherry, Isaac Makwala, Deon Lendore, Liemarvin Bonevacia)
12:26 pm Women’s 3,000m SteepleChase
12:46 pm Women’s 100mh (Megan Tapper, Cindy Sember, Gabriele Cunningham, Nadine Visser)
12:58 pm Men’s 110mh (Hansle Parchment, Ronald Levy, Devon Allen, Daniel Roberts, Jason Joseph)
1:06 pm Women’s 1,500m
1:17 pm Men’s 1,500m (Timothy Cheruiyot, Jakob Ingebrigtsen)
1:21 pm Men’s Pole Vault (Armand Duplantis, Sam Kendricks, KC Lightfoot, Christopher Nilsen)
1:22 pm Men’s Javelin
1:25 pm Men’s High Jump
1:29 pm Women’s 100m (Elaine Thompson-Herah, Natasha Morrison, Dina Asher-Smith, Marie-Josee TA Lou, Daryll Neita)
1:38 pm Men’s 100m (Andre De Grasse, Trayvon Bromell, Ronnie Baker, Fred Kerley, Akani Simbine, Mike Rodgers)
1:46 pm Men’s 3,000m SteepleChase
2:03 pm Women’s 800m (Natoya Goule, Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie, Habitam Alemu)
2:13 pm Men’s 800m (Emmanuel Korir, Ferguson Rotich, Marco Arop, Clayton Murphy)
2:25 pm Women’s 400mh (Janieve Russell, Femke Bol, Shamier Little, Anna Ryzhykova)
2:35 pm Men’s 400mh (Karsten Warholm, Alison dos Santos, Kyron McMaster Yasmani Copello)
2:44 pm Women’s 200m (Shericka Jackson, Christine Mboma, Marie-Josee TA Lou, Dina Asher-Smith, Beatrice Masilingi, Mujinga Kambundji)
2:52 pm Men’s 200m (Andre De Grasse, Fred Kerley, Kenneth Bednarek)
3:00 Diamond League Award Ceremony
3:10 pm Closing ceremony
*NB Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson are missing from the 100m.
Jackson is only entered in the 200m.**
People still won’t let go off sh Erica or what ever her name is. All these years Jamaican have been running there was no passa. I don’t care if she win or lose. The Jamaican ladies don’t cats either. Do your thing girl. Represent bug time
You no why she slow down from she leave Olympic she never get any rest and she keep going to diamond league and still ain’t rest but we will see tomorrow like how she get her rest
Shericka is there she running the 200m
Jiggybody Francis Mmbona will show her dust
We will see only because shericka slow down why she win so shhhhh
Jiggybody Francis why do you think she slowed down?
Shericka you can do it. Just believe in your self.. don’t watch the noise..
All the best Team Jamaica 🇯🇲 take it to them. Winnings. 💘 💜 💛 💚 🧡 💘
Do well, break the world record now elaine!!! Sherick win the 200 to shut some people up, they are getting out of hand!!.
Good luck all…special shout-out to Sada Williams