Shanieka Ricketts among 10 Jamaicans at Wanda Diamond League in Rome
10 Jamaicans including Olympic Triple Jump Silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts, will be on show at the fifth stop in the Wanda Diamond League in Rome tomorrow.
Ricketts, will be going for back-to-back Diamond League wins after her success in Rabat.
Ricketts is unbeaten this season, including a win over Olympic champion Thea Lafond of Dominica in Qatar with a legal best of 14.54 metres this season.
Three Jamaicans will contest the Women’s 400-metre Hurdles, led by Andrenette Knight, who has a season’s best of 53.90 seconds, Shian Salmon, with a season’s best of 54.62, and Rushell Clayton, with a best of 54.83.
Shot Putter Rajindra Campbell will be hoping to return to the good form he showed in Rabat, where he was second with a season’s best of 21.95 metres.
Raymond Richards, with a season’s best of 2.30 metres, and Romaine Beckford, with a lifetime best of 2.21, will contest the Men’s High Jump.
Carey Mcleod will be aiming to better his season’s best of 8.33 metres when he contests the Men’s long jump.
Former Olympic and World Champion Omar Mcleod with a season’s best 13.38 seconds and Orlando Bennett (13.39) will close out the meet for Jamaican athletes in the Men’s 110-metre hurdles.
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