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OSAKA 2007
JAAA Day 5 REPORT

Once again the Jamaican athletes have made fans proud as they added two more medals to the Jamaican medal tally on the 5th day of the 11th IAAF World Championships. At the end of day five Jamaica has one gold medal and three bronze medals making them ninth in the medal tally. Deloreen Ennis-London admitted to wanting to win a gold medal but was grateful for her bronze medal while running a personal record time of 12:50. Jamaica’s other bronze medalist of the evening, Novlene Williams was very emotional after her race as she was edged out on the finish line after leading for almost 398 metres. For the first time at a major championship, Jamaica has qualified three men for the final of the men’s 200 metres.

James Beckford qualifying jump

Long Jump Men – Qualifying Round

James Beckford had the second best jump in the qualifying round of the men’s Long Jump as he moves on to the final round to be held on Thursday.

110 Hurdles Men – Heats

In a season best time of 13.47, Maurice Wignall placed third in his heat, qualifying for the semi-final round of the 110m Hurdles.

Triple Jump

Defending Champion, Trecia Smith, was not able to qualify for the final of the triple jump as her lone jump of 13.47m was only good enough for 13th place in her group.

200m Women – Round 2

Veronica Campbell and Aleen Bailey easily qualified for the semi-final round of the women’s 200m. Aleen ran a season’s best time of 22.60 in winning her heat.

100m Hurdles Women – Final

Delloreen Ennis-London won her second World Championship medal when she placed third in the finals of the 100m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.50. Vonette Dixon also produced a personal best time of 12.64 finishing seventh in the in the final.

400m Men – Semi-final

Ricardo Chambers and Michael Blackwood were unsuccessful in their bid to make it to the men’s 400m final, placing fifth and eighth respectively in their semi-final heats. Sanjay Ayre stopped half way through his semi-final heat which he stated was the result of a cramp.

400m Women – Final

In her first individual final at the World Championships, Novlene Williams was able to win a bronze medal in the women’s 400m in a time of 49.66 which equaled the personal best time she ran in the semi-final round.

200m Men – Semi-final

Marvin Anderson, once again ran a personal best time of 20.06 as along with, Usain Bolt and Christopher Williams they all qualified for the final of the men’s 200m to be run on Thursday August 30, 2007.