US hurdles champion confirmed
Published:Wednesday | April 23, 2008 | 3:14 PM
Organisers have confirmed that reigning Olympic 100-metre hurdles champion Joanna Hayes, of the USA, has been added to the entry list for the Jamaica International Invitational track and field meet next month.
Hayes will join a quality field in the women’s sprint hurdles at the May 3 meet at the National Stadium in Kingston.
Her rivals at the event will include the in-form American Lolo Jones, plus the Jamaicans Delloreen Ennis-London, Lacena Golding-Clarke and Vonette Dixon.
Other world stars listed for the meet include Jamaica’s 2004 Olympic 200-metre champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, local star and World Championship silver-medallist Usain Bolt, and top Americans Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards.