Jamaican hurdler-trio blaze into semifinals of 100m hurdles event at Paris Olympics

The Jamaican women unit who entered the 100m hurdles for the parity of the 2024 Paris Olympics are off to a great start in the event as all the three entrants Ackera Nugent, Danielle Williams, and Janeek Brown have qualified for the semis stage.

All the three athletes have qualified satisfactorily during the individual first round heats at the Stade de France, on Wednesday morning.

Danielle Williams, the Jamaican lady who has been crowned two times as world champion, led the Jamaican trio to do a great job and among the trio, William was the fastest, finishing the run in 12.59 seconds. Her closest competitor in the heat was Sarah Lavin of Ireland, she finished second in the heat recording 12.74sec; with Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji coming in the third position with a time factor of 12.81 seconds.

Ackera Nugent, who arrived in the Olympics as one of the favorites to win the event with her personal and the season’s best timing of 12.28 seconds, was witnessed to make a run in the fifth and final heat of the class, scheduled for 12.65 seconds.

Bahamian athlete Devynne Charlton was trailing behind narrowly in the exhibition with only 12.71 seconds recorded, with following position secured by Grace Stark of the United States with a clocking of 12.72 seconds.

Janeek Brown, also made it to the semifinals though she was 3rd in her heat 1. Brown’s time was recorded to be 12.84 seconds. This was sufficient to progress even through with the initial heat comprised of the world record holder, Tobi Amusan of Nigeria.

The sterling performer of the race was Amusan as she blazed the track in record time as the second-fastest clocking of the round at 12.49 seconds. Allaysha Johnson from the United States came second in 12.61 seconds.

With competition stiff up for the semi-finals, the focus is on Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, she holds the quickest execution of the track run at just 12.42 seconds.