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#BudaQuest | Romaine Beckford fails to progress in high jump

Published:Sunday | August 20, 2023 | 6:45 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -
Romaine Beckford celebrates after clearing an earlier height, before being eliminated, at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, today.
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Romaine Beckford celebrates after clearing an earlier height, before being eliminated, at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, today.

Jamaica’s lone representative in the men’s high jump, Romaine Beckford, failed to progress beyond the qualifying stage, at the ongoing World Athletics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, today.

Beckford had a championship-best jump of 2.22 metres.

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