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Jamaican athletes dominates at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York
Veronica Campbell Brown at the 2012 London Olympic Games. PHOTO/File
Jamaican sprinters stole the spotlight in the athletic events at the Adidas Grand Prix, New York Diamond League meet at Icahn Stadium.
Veronica Campbell Brown romped to victory in the 200 metres in 22.53 seconds ahead of a fast fellow Jamaican Anneshia McLaughin who run in 22.63 seconds Sunday. Sherone Simpson finished in fourth place in a time of 22.96 seconds.
Aleen Bailey sped to victory in the womens 100 metres in 11.37 seconds, ahead of Americans Mikele Barber and Lekeisha Lawson, who finished second and third respectively.
Jamaica’s Olympic 200m bronze medallist Warren Weir made light work of the field to clock an effortless season’s best of 20.11 seconds with Panama’s Edmond Alonso, (20.38 seconds) in second. Jeremy Dodson of the United States (20.65 seconds) was third.
Jamaicans Ramone McKenzie and Kevin Thompson finished fifth and seventh respectively.
Meantime, America’s Tyson Gay raced to an easy win in the 100 metres clocking 10.16 seconds with his country man Ryan Bailey second.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Ketson Bledman secured third spot in 10.16 seconds while Jamaica’s Nesta Carter was fourth.
Jamaica’s other finalists Jacques Harvey, Nickel Ashmeade and Kemar Bailey Cole finished fifth, six and seventh.
Also, Jamaica’s National Record holder Allison Randall threw a season’s best 57.85 metres in the discus in rainy and windy conditions.
Randall who started slowly had two throws over 57.00m finishing strongly with 57.66m.
Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic won in a World Leading and meet record 68.48m. Two hundred metres specialist Mario Forsythe won the Men’s 400m B race in 46.65 seconds beating three other Jamaicans to the line – Dewayne Barrett — 46.85 seconds, Allodin Fothergill — 47.01 seconds and Nicholas Maitland — 47.05 seconds.
Former world champion Barbadian Ryan Braithwaite also shared the spotlight for the Caribbean by winning the 110 metre hurdles in a season’s best 13.19. Cuba’s Orlando Ortega (13.24) finished second. -(CMC)