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World Athletics announces qualification system for 2027 Champs
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World Athletics announces qualification system for 2027 Champs
May 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Athletes will have four different ways to qualify for next year’s World Athletics Championships to be held in Beijing, China in Se...
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Fraser-Pryce announced as Laureus Ambassador
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Fraser-Pryce announced as Laureus Ambassador
April 10, 2026
Legendary sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been announced as a Laureus Ambassador. The Jamaican, who is the 2023 Laureus World Sportswoman of the ...
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Now-retired Fraser-Pryce arrives in Jamaica to warm welcome
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Now-retired Fraser-Pryce arrives in Jamaica to warm welcome
September 22, 2025
Now-retired Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce arrived in Kingston on Monday to a warm and enthusiastic welcome, after competing in the fin...
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican women earn silver in 4x400m, men finish seventh
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican women earn silver in 4x400m, men finish seventh
September 21, 2025
TOKYO, Japan -- Jamaica's women earned silver in the 4x400m on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in Sunday. The team of Deja...
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Tokyo 2025: Capturing the heart of competition
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Tokyo 2025: Capturing the heart of competition
September 21, 2025
The World Championships in Tokyo, Japan is not just about the stars on the track. There are also those behind the cameras capturing the heartbeat of c...
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World Athletics reviewing transfer rules as JAAA raises alarm over athlete poaching
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World Athletics reviewing transfer rules as JAAA raises alarm over athlete poaching
ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 20, 2025
TOKYO, Japan – World Athletics has established a working group to review its athlete transfer of allegiance regulations, following concerns raised by ...
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Tokyo 2025: Anderson again breaks national record, finishes 7th in 800m
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Tokyo 2025: Anderson again breaks national record, finishes 7th in 800m
September 20, 2025
Navasky Anderson ran yet another national record as he finished a courageous seventh in the men’s 800m final at the Tokyo World Athletics Championship...
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaica’s women advance easily to 4x100m final
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaica’s women advance easily to 4x100m final
September 20, 2025
Jamaica’s team of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton and Jonielle Smith cruised to a season’s best 41.80 seconds to win their semi-final heat ...
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men crash out of 4x100m
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men crash out of 4x100m
September 20, 2025
Jamaica’s men’s 4x100m team crashed out of contention at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as they failed to complete the semi-finals on Saturda...
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men into 4x400m final
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men into 4x400m final
September 20, 2025
Jamaica will be represented in the men’s 4x400m final after a courageous run in the semi-finals on the penultimate day of the World Athletics Champion...
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Tokyo 2025: Seville, Thompson to lead Jamaicans in 4x100m heats
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Tokyo 2025: Seville, Thompson to lead Jamaicans in 4x100m heats
ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 20, 2025
TOKYO, Japan -- World Athletics Championships 100m gold medal winner Oblique Seville and silver medallist Kishane Thompson will lead Jamaica's team in...
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Tokyo 2025: No Jamaican to feature in men’s discus final
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Tokyo 2025: No Jamaican to feature in men’s discus final
September 19, 2025
All three Jamaican men failed to get into the final of the discus throw, in one of the biggest shocks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, J...
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Tokyo 2025: McDonald misses medal in 400m
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Tokyo 2025: McDonald misses medal in 400m
September 18, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Jamaica just missed another medal on day six of the World Athletics Championships after national record holder Rusheen McDonald placed ...
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Tokyo 2025: Lamara Distin crashes out of high jump
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Tokyo 2025: Lamara Distin crashes out of high jump
September 18, 2025
National champion Lamara Distin failed to get past the first height in the qualifying round of the women’s high jump Thursday at the World Athletics C...
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Tokyo 2025: Jordan Scott advances to triple jump final
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Tokyo 2025: Jordan Scott advances to triple jump final
September 17, 2025
Jordan Scott made light work of qualifying for the final of the men’s triple jump with a 17.19m (0.4m/s) effort in the first round on day five of the ...
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Tokyo 2025: Shericka Jackson and Ashanti Moore through to 200m semis
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Tokyo 2025: Shericka Jackson and Ashanti Moore through to 200m semis
September 17, 2025
Defending champion Shericka Jackson and national champion Ashanti Moore both advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 200m at the Tokyo World Athleti...
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Tokyo 2025: McDonald storms into men’s 400m final with season’s best
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Tokyo 2025: McDonald storms into men’s 400m final with season’s best
September 16, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — National record holder Rusheen McDonald produced a courageous season’s best 44.04 seconds in the semi-finals of the men’s 400m— his bes...
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
September 16, 2025
Two-time silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts and Ackelia Smith are both through to the final of the women’s triple jump after the qualification round Tu...
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Tokyo 2025: Taylor and Anderson advance to men’s 800m semis
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Tokyo 2025: Taylor and Anderson advance to men’s 800m semis
September 16, 2025
Jamaica’s pair of national record holder Tyrice Taylor and Navasky Anderson qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s 800m after solid third place fi...
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Tokyo 2025: Danielle Williams finishes seventh in 100m hurdles final
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Tokyo 2025: Danielle Williams finishes seventh in 100m hurdles final
September 15, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Danielle Williams came up short in her effort to win a third World Athletics Championships 100m hurdles title after she placed seventh ...
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Tokyo 2025: Tajay Gayle and Nikaoli Williams into long jump final
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Tokyo 2025: Tajay Gayle and Nikaoli Williams into long jump final
September 15, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Tajay Gayle, the 2019 gold medallist and Nikaoli Williams have advanced to the final of the men’s long jump after impressive qualifying...
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Tokyo 2025: All three men through to 110m hurdles semis
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Tokyo 2025: All three men through to 110m hurdles semis
September 15, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — All three Jamaicans are through to the semi-finals of the men's 110m hurdles after impressive runs in the first round of the World Athl...
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