OREGON, USA — Jamaica’s Gary Card and Shanoya Douglas won silver medals in the men and women’s 100m on Thursday night at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

It was the first medals for Jamaica at the championships, putting them in ninth position on the medals tables.

Americans Tate Taylor and Mia Maxwell delighted the home fans by winning the double, only the second time athletes from the same country had taken both gold medals at the same under-20 championships after Americans Noah Lyles and Candace Hill achieved the feat in 2016 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Card got off to a fast start but was chased and caught by Tate who passed him to win in a personal best 9.94 seconds (0.1m/s), the Jamaican second in 10.05 seconds. South Africa’s Marko Ferreira took the bronze with 10.16 seconds.

Jamaica’s Gary Card (centre) is beaten to the finish line by American Tate Taylor in the men’s 100m on Thursday’s second day of the 2026 World Athletics Under 20 championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Taylor ran a personal best 9.94 seconds to win while Card was second in 10.05 seconds. At right is Great Britain’s Jake Odey- Jordan who was fifth.

Maxwell got the edge over Douglas at the start and held off the Jamaican to the tape, running 11.14 seconds (-0.1m/s). Douglas finished second in 11.17 seconds with Italy’s Kelly Ann Maevane Doualla Edimo third in 11.27 seconds. Theianna-Lee Terrelonge was sixth in 11.37 seconds

It was the first time in 10 years an American won the women’s 100m and snapped the four-championships winning streak by the Jamaicans – Briana Williams in 2018, Tina Clayton in 2021 and 2022 and Alana Reid in 2024.

Also on Thursday, thrower Able Mills failed to record a legal throw in both the women’s discus and shot put finals that were held within two hours of each other.

Mills had thrown distances close to her lifetime bests to qualify for both finals but failed to make a legal mark in either.
Jamaica also failed to qualify any runner in the 400m finals set for Friday afternoon, all four failing to get past their semifinals.

Jabari Matheson who was running his fourth 400m race in two days, placed sixth in his semi-final in 47.29 seconds, the first time he failed to go under the 47.00 second mark at the championships.

Jason Pitter failed to get up to his high standards, and was sixth in his semi-final in 46.50 seconds after he advanced on time from the first round.

Daniellia Dixon was fifth in her semi-final in 53.77 seconds and Shameika McLean, who had run three times since the start of the championships, just failed to get into the final after placing fourth in her semis in 54.24 seconds.

-Paul A Reid