U-20 World Champs: Chambers into 100m final
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland — Raheem Chambers will carry Jamaica’s hopes for their first medal after he qualified for this evening’s men’s 100m final at the IAAF World Under 20 Championships at Zawiszaw stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The final will be run at 9:35pm local time (2:35pm Jamaican time).
Chambers, the national champion finished third in his semi-final heat in 10.36 seconds (-0.6m/s) behind Italy’ Filippo Tortu- 10.26 seconds and Barbados’s Mario Burke- 10.34 seconds.
He is the first Jamaican man to qualify for a 100m final at this level since 2012 when Odean Skeen and Jazeel Murphy made it to the finals in Barcelona, Spain.
Jamaica’s other representative Jhavaughn Matherson failed to make it past the semi-finals, finishing fourth in 10.40 seconds (0.7m/s) and was 10th best overall.
Paul Reid
