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#TokyoGoldRush | Porter, Hickling miss out on long jump final

Published:Saturday | July 31, 2021 | 9:56 PM
Jamaican long jumper Chanice Porter in action in the Women's Long Jump qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, August 1.
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Jamaican long jumper Chanice Porter in action in the Women's Long Jump qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, August 1.

Jamaica's women's long jump duo of Chanice Porter and Tissanna Hickling has missed the final round of the event at the Tokyo Olympic Games at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday morning.

Porter finished 13th in Qualification Group A with a mark of 6.22m, while Hickling's jump cut the sand at 6.19m, placing her 12th in Group B.

Both women were making their Olympic debuts.

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