Donald Smith, international athletics commentator

Jamaica has a lot to be proud of from Budapest. Twelve medals won after a sluggish start to the championships, which is the third time (2015 & 2019 as well) we have won this number of medals. Only Berlin’s 2009 haul of 13 medals is better.

We saw a record number of our athletes compete in the field events where we won a historic two medals in the men’s long jump and had several top eight finishes as well. We had our first 400m gold medal on the men’s side in 40 years thanks to Antonio Watson and along with Danielle Williams and Shericka Jackson, ensured we added some gold flavouring to our Budapest collection. Big up team Jamaica, the future certainly looks bright, especially with Paris24 just around the corner.

Trishana McGowan, broadcast journalist

The team is going through a transition or “changing of the guards” while the senior athletes are still performing well. It’s refreshing and encouraging to watch.

The field events have grown tremendously from the talent we have representing to their performances against top athletes across the world. We also had another highlight with Nayoka Clunis in the hammer throw, so we’re maturing in the field.

Olympic Games in Paris 2024 and World Champs 2025 in Japan will see greater showing from the likes of Kevona Davis, Rohan Watson, Jaydon Hibbert and many others.

Daveon Nugent, sports producer

I would give Jamaica’s championships performance an 8 out of 10. There were some mistakes made and mishaps that resulted what seemed to be sure medal predictions not materialising but after that the team fought back hard and delivered.

Day number six will live in the minds of Jamaicans for a very long time, five medals within the space of an hour with two gold medals coming within 12 minutes of each other.

These championships were probably one of the most enjoyable for me because of the roller-coaster ride of emotions our athletes took us on but the country should be proud of the overall outcome.

Andre Lowe, sports content manager, Jamaica Observer

This was an important and impressive performance from the team. Twelve medals rank as our joint second-best medal haul at these championships and when you consider the number of finalists and their ages, it suggests that our athletics programme is in a great position.

Next year’s Olympic Games and the next World Championships in 2025 should prove testament to the maturing of our young athletes who are already performing well beyond their age and experience.

Credit to the athletes, their respective coaches, the Jamaican coaching team and all those who played a role in the team’s many successes.

We, however, do have some housekeeping matters to attend to ahead of 2024. Jamaica is too big a team to be dealing with these incompetencies on such a regular basis.