The Jamaican local based delegation heading home from World  Relays in  Gaborone , Botswana

Pic – Courtesy of PureJamaica media

The Jamaican local based delegation are expecetd home Monday night from the just ended 2026  World  Relays in  Gaborone , Botswana.

The Jamaicans turned in a memorable and epic performance over the twos days of competition and topped  the  medal  table  with  2  gold  and  one  silver .

The  jamaicans left  Botswana  with  over  150  thousand  U.S. dollars  in  prize  money  or  just  over   23.6  million Jamaican Dollars, after winning three relays. 

They  finished  ahead  of  the  USA on the medals standings, as the usa  copped  three  medals  2  gold  and  a  bronze with  host  Botswana  third  with  one  gold  and  one  bronze.

Team Jamaica  produced  another  world  record on Sunday’s  final  day  in the mixed  4 X 100  metres  relay  when   the  team  of  Ackeem  Blake, Tina Clayton, Kadrian  Goldson and  Tia  Clayton  clocked   an  impressive  39.62  seconds on  their  way  to  landing  the  gold  medal

The  Women’s  Sprint  Relay  team  of  Briana williams, Jodean Williams, Lavanya Williams  and  Elaine Thompson-Herah  also  mined  gold  clocking  42  seconds  flat   to  finish  ahead  of  Canada  42.17  seconds  and  Spain for the bronze 42.31  seconds.

Jamaica  also  captured  the  silver  medal  in  the  mixed  4 X  400  metres  relay  when  the  team  of  Deandre  Watkin, Shana-Kaye  Anderson, Antonio  Watson  and  Ruschell  Clayton  placed  second  in  the  final  in  a  national  record  3-minutes-08.24 seconds

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