Knight and Salmon qualify for 400Mh semi-finals

By Noel Francis September 15, 2025

By Noel Francis

Tokyo, Japan – Jamaica’s Andrenette Knight advanced to the women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals after finishing second in heat two in 53.74 seconds behind winner Anna Cockrell, the Olympic silver medallist, of the United States, who registered 53.63.

Knight’s countrywoman, Shiann Salmon also advanced after finishing second in a season’s best 54.21 seconds. The race was won by two-time Olympic and World Champion, Dalilah Muhammad, in 53.80 seconds. Jamaica’s third entrant, Rushell Clayton, a two-time bronze medallist, withdrew from the championships through injury.

Noel Francis

Noel Francis is without doubt one of the most naturally gifted track & field writers in Jamaica. His passionate, creative, informative and engaging writing style has been recognised and enjoyed worldwide. He started out writing several articles with trackalerts.com in 2013 and his marketability soared with a number of his stories being featured on the US based Track and Field News – The Bible of the Sport. He is now the IAAF correspondent in Jamaica and a regular contributor for the Florida based high school track website Dyestatfl.com. Noel has a first degree in Banking & Finance and works as a Treasury Officer in the financial industry.

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