SOLLENTUNA, Sweden, June 14 — Olympic champion Roje Stona led a strong Caribbean showing at the Folksam Sollentuna Grand Prix on Saturday, beating world champion Daniel Stahl in the men’s discus at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting.
Stona, Jamaica’s Olympic discus champion, produced a best throw of 67.79m to take the victory ahead of Germany’s Steven Richter, who reached 67.44m. Sweden’s Stahl, competing on home soil, had to settle for third with 64.88m.
It was a major win for Stona, who again showed his ability to handle elite fields and big names. Beating Stahl in Sweden added another strong result to his growing profile in the event and kept Jamaica at the centre of the discus spotlight.
Cuba’s Silinda Morales also delivered for the Caribbean in the women’s discus. The world bronze medallist won with 62.60m, defeating Sweden’s Vanessa Kamga, who threw 62.16m, and former Olympic silver medallist Kristin Pudenz of Germany, who was third with 61.75m.
Morales’ victory gave the Caribbean another field-event win on a day when throwers from the region made a strong impression.
Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd also featured in the women’s shot put, finishing second with 18.79m. The former world silver medallist was beaten only by Sweden’s Fanny Roos, who won at home with 19.16m.
While Thomas-Dodd did not take the win, her runner-up finish added to the Caribbean presence at the meet and kept Jamaica among the leading nations in the throws.
On the track, Colombia’s Ronal Longa produced a personal best of 20.31 in the men’s 200m, finishing second behind Morocco’s Yassine Hssine, who won in 20.25 with a 1.3 m/s tailwind. Longa’s run was one of the stronger sprint performances from the wider Caribbean and Latin American region.
Elsewhere, France’s Louise Maraval won a high-quality women’s 400m hurdles race in 54.80, just ahead of Finland’s Hilla Uusimäki, who ran 54.85. Britain’s Lina Nielsen was third in 55.22.
Sweden’s Oskar Edlund gave the home crowd a win in the men’s 400m hurdles, clocking 48.56 to beat France’s Clement Ducos, who finished in 48.97.
In the jumps, Sweden’s Maja Askag won the women’s long jump with a wind-aided 6.66m, backed by a legal 6.54m. Uzbekistan’s Anvar Anvarov took the men’s long jump with a wind-aided 8.23m, while Norway’s Henrik Flåtnes followed with 8.03m. Sweden’s Louise Ekman equalled her outdoor personal best with 1.91m in the women’s high jump.
United States runner Margot Appleton won the women’s 3000m in 8:38.20, edging Ethiopia’s Melknat Wudu, who was second in 8:38.21. Spain’s Idaira Prieto ran a personal best of 8:44.87 for third, while Carmen Cernjul set an under-20 national record of 8:54.26.
Slovenia’s Anita Horvat won the women’s 800m in 2:00.97, and Britain’s Scott Lincoln took the men’s shot put with 20.50m.
