No medals for Jamaica on World Indoors day two
Published:Sunday | March 23, 2025 | 10:06 PM
JAMAICA’S MEDAL tally at the World Athletics Indoor Championships remains at one bronze medal after the nation failed to pick up any medals on yesterday’s day two of the three-day meet.
Jamaica’s only competitors on the day came on the track in the men’s 60-metre hurdles and the women’s 60.
In the 60m hurdles, both Demario Prince and Jerome Campbell competed in their first senior international final.
Prince, the former St Jago High standout, showed quality throughout the rounds, finishing third in his heats with a time of 7.70 seconds.
He bettered his performance in his semi-finals, winning the race in a time of 7.60 to book his spot in the final.
Prince eventually ended sixth in the final, stopping the clock at 7.63, just ahead of compatriot Campbell, seventh in 7.71.
Campbell, en route to the final, was second in his opening heat, clocking 7.61, before qualifying for the final as one of the two non-automatic qualifiers when he finished third in his semifinal with an identical time.
World record holder Grant Holloway defended his indoor title when he crossed the line in 7.42, ahead of France’s Wilhem Belocian, 7.54, and China’s Junxi Jiu, 7.55.
Jamaica had no representatives in the women’s 60-metre final as both Natasha Morrison and Jodean Williams were eliminated at the semi-final stage.
Williams started brightly, winning her heat in 7.20, while Morrison, posting an identical time, did just enough to grab the last automatic spot in her heat, finishing third.
It was not to be for the duo, however, with Williams finishing fourth in her semifinal in 7.22, while Morrison was fifth in her semi, clocking 7.25.
Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji claimed the world indoor title, winning in 7.04, just edging out Italy’s Zaynab Dosso, 7.06, and Patrizia van der Weken of Luxembourg, 7.07.
At the end of day two, Jamaica sat 20th on the medal tale with one bronze, while the United States lead the way with nine – two gold, three silver, and four bronze.
In the meantime, Mondo Duplantis and Jakob Ingebrigtsen added to their ever-growing medal collection, the former picking up his third world indoor pole vault title, doing so with a winning vault of 6.15 metres.
Ingebrigtsen’s 1500-metre triumph marked his first world indoor title, adding to the numerous global golds he has earned outdoors.
Ethiopia’s 3000m winner Freweyni Hailu and Kambundji were collecting their second world indoor crowns, adding to the ones they won in 2024 and 2022 respectively.
Some new faces also emerged, though, as the likes of triple jump champion Leyanis Perez Hernandez, pole vault winner Marie-Julie Bonnin and 400m champions Amber Anning and Chris Bailey earned their first major international gold medals in individual events on a day where nine titles were decided.