EUGENE, Oregon — Shiann Salmon thinks she can run some clean races and get new personal-best times and “make my country proud” at the 18th World Athletics Championships that starts at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Friday.

The women’s 400m hurdles will get under way on Tuesday and the semi-finalist from Doha in 2019 says she and her coach Tonja Buford-Bailey have been studying her race tapes and seen where she has been making mistakes and will fix them.

Salmon, who won the silver medal at the 2018 World Under 20 championships in Finland and was second at the Jamaican national championships in a season’s best 53.82 seconds, told the Jamaica Observer on Thursday, “Personally I am expecting to hit some new personal bests and as long as I hit those I will be happy with myself and I am sure I will make my country proud.”

The Texas-based runner said her preparations have been going well. “We have been correcting some errors, watching some of my races and seeing where I am making mistakes and hoping to fix them, so hopefully I will have some clean races and we will see.”

The errors she said were “my stride pattern and rhythm but we have been watching it and we will fix it”.

Salmon, Doha bronze medallist Rushell Clayton and national champion Janieve Russell will represent Jamaica in the event here.

— Paul Reid