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JC’s Salmon smashes class one discus record
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Joseph Salmon threw a massive 66.32m and smashed the Class One discus record as four records were broken on the opening day of the P...
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Tokyo 2025: Samantha Hall finishes 12th in discus final
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Samantha Hall’s historic run at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan ended on Sunday when she finished 12th in the women’s discus throw f...
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Samantha Hall credits coach Rajindra Campbell after reaching World Champs discus final
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Jamaican discus thrower Samantha Hall has advanced to the finals of the women’s discus event at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and...
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Ralford Mullings shatters Jamaican men’s discus record
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August 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ralford Mullings has smashed the Jamaican national men’s discus record after he threw a massive 72.01m at Saturday’s Oklahoma Thro...
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National Trials 2025: Mullings lives up to expectation to win discus
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June 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ralford Mullings lived up to expectations as he won the men’s discus throw at the JAAA National Senior Championships on Saturday. ...
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Shamar Reid throws over 61.00m in discus throw
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Shamar Reid throws over 61.00m in discus throw
May 3, 2025
Former Jamaica College athlete Shamar Reid of South Plains College became the latest Jamaican discus thrower to go over the 60m mark after he threw a ...
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Seymoure wins Penns discus in Jamaican clean sweep
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April 25, 2025
Excelsior High’s Najhada Seymoure won the High School Girls discus throw championships on Friday’s second day of the 129th Penn Relays Carnival with a...
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Kennedy wins Austin Sealy Award as Jamaica top Carifta medal table
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April 21, 2025
Jamaica’s double record breaker Kamari Kennedy was named winner of the Austin Sealy Award, presented to the most outstanding athlete, at the 52nd Cari...
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Alekna smashes discus world record
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April 13, 2025
Almost a year to the day when he broke the world record in the men’s discus throw and at the same venue, Lithuania’s Olympic Game silver medalist Mykl...
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Chad Wright hopes to add weightlifting to his Olympic resume
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Two-time discus national champion Chad Wright is hoping that he won’t have to choose between the throw which is his “passion” and another sporting dis...
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Shaiquan Dunn into discus final at World U-20 Championships
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LIMA, Peru – World leader Shaiquan Dunn has qualified for the final of the men’s discus throw at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at Estadio...
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World Under-20 Champs: Discus thrower Chad Hendricks suffers knee injury
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August 30, 2024
LIMA, Peru – Jamaica’s national junior discus thrower Chad Hendricks has suffered a knee injury which resulted in him failing to appear for the event ...
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#ParisOlympics: Smikle leads Jamaican trio through to discus final
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National champion Traves Smikle led the trio of Jamaican men to the final of the discus throw at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Only four men got over ...
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#NationalTrials: Smikle wins discus title, but Dacres falls short
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Jamaica to have three men in Paris Olympics discus throw after Stona’s PB
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Jamaica will have three representatives in the men’s discus throw at a second consecutive Olympic Games after Roje Stona achieved the qualifying mark ...
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