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Medal hunt heats up

Published: Wednesday | August 8, 2012 Comments 0
Kaliese Spencer will challenge for a 400m hurdles medal.
Kaliese Spencer will challenge for a 400m hurdles medal.
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce leads in a women's 200-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce leads in a women's 200-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Veronica Brown- Campbell, 200 semi final. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
Veronica Brown- Campbell, 200 semi final. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer

André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter

Jamaicans eye 200m, 400m hurdles glory today

LONDON, England:

After a comparatively quiet day yesterday, Jamaicans will be hoping to add another three medals to the tally on today's sixth day of athletics competition at the Olympic Games here in London, England.

Four medals have already been accounted for, but that figure could rise with defending Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown and back-to-back 100m gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce booked to contest the 200m final, while Kaliese Spencer is ready to impress in her first Olympics 400m hurdles final.

Campbell-Brown can become the first woman in Olympic history to win three straight 200m titles and, although the experienced campaigner has played down the historic sub-plot, she will be motivated to show that she is still the best 200m athlete in the world, after crushing defeats at the Jamaica Olympic Trials weeks ago.

Campbell-Brown showed determination and pride in the semi-finals yesterday, powering past Carmelita Jeter to win in 22.32.

Fraser-Pryce, a 100m specialist, has nothing to lose and as a result, is an even more dangerous factor in this event.

Her coach, Stephen Francis, thinks she is much faster than her 22.10 personal best and is expecting her to post a time in the 21.50 region before too long. Jamaicans will be hoping that she will go close to that time tonight and get herself in the medal running.

Fraser-Pryce, 22.34, ran a comfortable semi-final, easing up while Sanya Richards accelerated to win in 22.30.

The athlete to beat, however, is world leader Allyson Felix, who has been nothing short of spectacular so far.

Spencer, after two fourth-place finishes at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the 400m hurdles, will be looking to make her first Olympic Games an even more memorable one for her, with a podium finish.

andre.lowe@gleanerjm.com

 

Today: Morning session

4:00 M Pole Vault Qualification
4:00 W Hammer Throw Qualification
4:10 M 100 Metres Decathlon
4:45 M 5000 Metres Heats
5:10 M Long Jump Decathlon
5:25 W Hammer Throw Qualification
5:35 W 800 Metres Heats
6:50 M Shot Put Decathlon

Afternoon session

12:00 M High Jump Decathlon
1:05 M Javelin Throw Qualification
1:15 M 110 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final
1:45 W 1500 Metres Semi-Final
2:05 W Long Jump Final
2:10 M 200 Metres Semi-Final
2:35 M Javelin Throw Qualification
2:45 W 400 Metres Hurdles Final
3:00 W 200 Metres Final
3:15 M 110 Metres Hurdles Final
3:30 M 400 Metres Decathlon

August 9

Time Sex Event Round

Morning session

3:00 M 110 Metres Hurdles Decathlon
3:30 W High Jump Qualification
3:55 M Discus Throw Decathlon
5:35 M 4x400 Metres Relay Heats
6:55 M Pole Vault Decathlon




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