Jamaica seeks more medals today
Published:Tuesday | October 12, 2010 | 9:48 AM
Jamaica’s medal hunt at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India continues this morning with the country having representatives in four finals.
Wilbert Walker and Nicholas Thomas are among 13 athletes who are now competing in the men’s Triple Jump final.
Jamaica will also be represented in the finals of the women’s and men’s 4x100 and the men’s 4 x 400 metre relays.
The men’s 4 x100-metre relay quartet of Lerone Clarke, Remaldo Rose, Steve Slowly and Rasheed Dwyer advanced as one of the fastest losers following a third place finish in Heat 3 yesterday. The Jamaicans clocked 39 seconds flat to trail home Canada 38.45 seconds and England 38.67.
There were no heats in the women’s 4 x 100-metre race. That event will be run as a straight final.
Jamaica booked their place in the men’s 4 x400-metre relay following a fourth place finish in Heat 2 of Round One. The quartet of Oral Thompson, Josef Robertson, Ricardo Cunningham and Adrian Findlay clocked three minutes 06.65 seconds to advance as one of the fastest losers.
That heat was won by the Bahamas in three minutes 05.44 seconds.
In the women’s 4 x 400-metre relay, Jamaica did not progress following a sixth place finish in Heat 2. The Jamaican women clocked a disappointing three minutes 42.31seconds.
Meanwhile, the Jamaican pair of Andrea Bliss and Jabbari Ennis fail medal during action yesterday.
Bliss just missed out of the medals after a fourth place finish in the women’s 100-metre hurdles. Bliss clocked 13.28.
The gold medal went to Australian Sally Pearson, who won the event in 12 .67.
Ennis did not register a mark in the men’s pole vault final.
In the badminton competition, Jamaican Garth Henry lost his round of 16 men’s single match to Carl Baxter of England. Henry was beaten 21-11, 21-14.
Later in the day, the team of Henry and Garon Palmer was beaten by the Indian pair of Kumar Rupesh and Thomas Sanave in their Round of 16 men’s doubles match.
Jamaica’s medal count at the Games is six including two gold, three silver, one bronze, which is good enough for 13th in the overall medal table.