Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts won the women’s triple jump at the final regular season Diamond League stop in Brussels on Friday.
Ricketts secured the victory with a third-round personal best of 15.01m, finally breaking through the 15-metre barrier after notching up seven competitions beyond 14.90m since 2019.
Ukraine’s European champion and world silver medallist Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk was second on 14.57m from Thea Lafond of Dominica, who reached 14.49m.
Kimberly Williams, the other Jamaican, was fourth with 13.96m.
The concluding track event, the men’s 400m, was won by Jamaica’s Rusheen McDonald in 44.84 from Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic in 44.93.
Diamond League programme, the women’s 400m, went to home athlete Cynthia Bolingo, fifth in the world final, who moved past Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands in the final strides to clock 50.09, winning by 0.07.
Jamaica’s Candice McLeod could only manage fifth in the opening track event, the women’s 400m. She finished in a time of 50.82 seconds.
The event went to home athlete Cynthia Bolingo, fifth in the world final, who moved past Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands in the final strides to clock 50.09, winning by 0.07.
In the women’s 400m hurdles, Jamaica’s Janieve Russell and world bronze medallist Rushell Clayton finished second and third in 53.80 and 54.10 respectively. Another Jamaican, Andrenette Knight, finished sixth in 54.75.
Dutch world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol won in 52.11, shattering the meeting record of 53.54 run here in 1998 by Morocco’s double world champion Nezha Bidouane.
Bol made her move around the final bend and emerged with a narrow lead on the finishing straight which had changed to a distant lead by the line.
Source: Jamaica
