Nugent, Stona, Smith lace up spikes at Stockholm DL today
NATIONAL champion Ackera Nugent will take on a quality field in the 100m hurdles at the Wanda Diamond League in Stockholm, Sweden, the Bauhaus Galan — the seventh stop on the 14-meet series today.
The third-ranked Nugent is in top form after two outstanding runs at Grand Slam Track in Philadelphia where she won the 100m hurdles in 12.44 seconds and the 100m in 11.11 seconds.
Former world record holder Kendra Harrison, who is ranked number four in the world, will line up as well as fifth-ranked Grace Stark, both of the USA, along with Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas and Nadine Visser of the Netherlands.
Olympic champion Roje Stona will make his first appearance in the Diamond League this season and will hope to improve on his season-opening 67.19m throw at the Fanny Blankers-Koen (FBK) Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, on Monday.
Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia, who won on Monday, as well as second-placed Matthew Denny of Australia, and Great Britain’s Lawrence Okoye will also compete.
Olympic Games and World Championships finalist Ackelia Smith will contest the women’s long jump after achieving a season’s best in the triple jump in Oslo Norway last week.
She will go up against Italy’s Larissa Iapichino, Americans Claire Bryant and Tara Davis-Woodhall, as well as Annik Kalin of Switzerland.
Jamaica’s Roje Stona competes in the men’s discus throw event of the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Olympic stadium in Rome on August 30, 2024.
Ackelia Smith (Photo: Collin Reid)
