Four J'cans win at Birmingham Diamond League
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sprint hurdlers Danielle Williams and Omar McLeod led a quartet of Jamaican winners at this morning's Birmingham Diamond League meeting at Alexander Stadium in the English Midlands as preparations for the IAAF World Championships in Doha continued.
Yohan Blake in the men's 100 metre and Akeem Bloomfield in the men's 400 metre were also winners in the penultimate meet in the series before the finals which will be held over two meets in late August and early September.
Williams who leads the Diamond League points tables and had already secured her place in the final, equalled the meet record 12.46 seconds
(-0.2m/s) to beat World Record Holder Kendra Harrison in back-to-back Diamond races as the American clocked 12.66 seconds with the other Jamaican Janeek Brown back in fifth place in 12.99 seconds.
McLeod ran 13.21 seconds (-0.2m/s) to easily finish ahead of American Freddie Crittenden -- 13.31 seconds and China's Xie Wenjun -- 13.43 seconds.
Pan-American champion Natoya Goule was also well placed late in the women's 800m but faded badly in the last 60 metres and finished sixth in 2:02.70 seconds while Jonielle Smith was seventh in the women's 100m in 11.37 seconds (0.9m/s).
Paul A Reid
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