A bonanza of finals for Jamaica in Cali

Anthony Foster
By Anthony Foster 4 Min Read
amaica men's 4x400m team of Malachi Johnson, Delano Kennedy, Derrick Grant and Shemar Palmer advanced to the final after winning their semi-final heat in 3:07.32
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CALI, Colombia – All Jamaica’s entrants from Friday’s (5 Aug) opening session of the Cali22 World Athletics U20 Championships qualified for their respective finals.

World U20 Championships 4x400m startlist

Jamaica’s 4×400-meter teams made light work of their respective heats to book spots in Saturday’s finals.

In the men’s event, the team of Malachi Johnson, Delano Kennedy, Derrick Grant and Shemar Palmer advanced to the final after winning their semi-final heat in 3:07.32

Jamaican women’s 4×400-meter team of Oneika Brissett, Abigail Campbell, Rickianna Russell and Oneika McAnnuff won their heat in 3:34.92 to qualify.

4X400 METRES RELAY WOMEN’S STARTLIST

ORDERBIBCOUNTRYTEAMPBSBWRK
1AUSAUSAustralia U20Australia U203:30.383:36.25
2GBRGBRGreat Britain & NI U20Great Britain & NI U203:30.463:35.22
3FINFINFinland U20Finland U203:34.103:34.10
4JAMJAMJamaica U20Jamaica U203:29.663:34.92
5USAUSAUnited States U20United States U203:24.043:32.94
6CANCANCanada U20Canada U203:30.683:33.98
7INDINDIndia U20India U203:34.183:34.18
8GERGERGermany U20Germany U203:28.393:35.18

4X400 METRES RELAY MEN SUMMARY

POSRANKHEATBIBCOUNTRYTEAMMARKDETAILS
113JPNJPNJapan U20Shion ARITAMasataka TOMODASojiro MORITAKADaiki OGAWA3:07.25 SBQ
212JAMJAMJamaica U20Malachi JOHNSONDelano KENNEDYDerrick GRANTShemar PALMER3:07.32 SBQ
323CZECZECzech Republic U20Tadeáš PLAČEKVojtěch CIHLÁŘOndřej VESELÝMichal HAIDELMEIER3:07.48 NU20RQ
422ESPESPSpain U20Ángel GONZÁLEZDavid GARCÍAAlberto GUIJARROGerson POZO3:07.58 SBQ
511USAUSAUnited States U20Ashton SCHWARTZMANKody BLACKWOODGrant WILLIAMSWill SUMNER3:07.82 SBQ
633FRAFRAFrance U20Matteo LORUSSOBenoît MOUDIO PRISOAllan LACROIXLucas VIVIN3:07.84 SBq
743RSARSASouth Africa U20Ruan OOSTHUIZENLythe PILLAYTjaart VAN DER WALTDivan VLOK3:07.90 SBq
853GERGERGermany U20Florian KROLLLukas KRAPPELasse SCHMITTMaximilian KÖHLER3:08.04 SB
921CANCANCanada U20Christopher MORALES-WILLIAMSBen TILSONRiley FLEMINGTONTyler FLOYD3:08.35 SBQ

Meanwhile, shot put silver medal winner Kobe Lawrence and Christopher Young will be in the discus final and Machaeda Linton in the triple jump final.

Linton made a hop-skip-jump into the women’s triple jump final with a personal best of 13.06 meters. Sharifa Davronova (UZB) and Anna Grafin Keyserlingk (GER) lead the way with 13.24.

“It feels great knowing I have not trained a lot for this event. But I came out here to have fun as well as to compete. It’s a tremendous feeling.”

Lawrence threw 57.18 meters, the tenth best of the preliminary round, and Young’s 56.74 meters was good enough to mean that both men reached the medal round.

Young, who had to wait to find out his position, said he would be “very happy to get into the final.”

Mykhailo Brudin of Ukraine leads the qualifiers with a 61.47-meter personal best. Four others – Mika Sosna (GER), 61.00 meters, Dimitrios Pavlidis (GRE) 60.73 meters, Marius Karges (GER) 60.69 and Kevin Grubbs (USA) 60.29 have throws over 60 meters.

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