US athlete Allyson Felix celebrates after winning the women's 400m during the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park stadium in Stratford, east London on July 9, 2017. (Photo: AFP)
July 8, 2017
#LondonDL: Felix wins 400m as J’cans finish 4th, 5th and 9th
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Novlene Williams-Mills , Shericka Jackson and Verone Chambers were fourth, fifth and ninth in the women’s 400m at the London Diamond League won by American Allyson Felix in a world leading 49.65s.
Jackson, the Rio Olympic bronze medallist, once again looked a shadow of herself and after chasing Felix into the straight, faded into fifth with 50.97s. Williams-Mills battled on for fourth with 50.60s while Chambers was at the back in 53.22s from lane one.
American Courtney Okolo closed well for second in a season’s best of 50.29s with Shamier Little third in a personal best of 50.40s. Natasha Hasting was sixth in 50.85s.
Howard Walker
