Jamaica Names Track and Field Team for World Athletics Championships in Oregon

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Defending world 100m champion Sprint stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, along with back-to-back double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and Olympic bronzes medal Shericka Jackson are among the athletes selected for Jamaica’s team for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 on 15-24 July. The trio currently top the world’s list in the 100m, reigning champion Fraser-Pryce leading the way with 10.67 ahead of Jackson’s 10.77 and Thompson-Herah’s 10.79. They will also contest the 200m in Oregon, an event in which Jackson clocked 21.55 at the Jamaican Championships for the third-fastest ever time behind Florence Griffith-Joyner and Thompson-Herah with her 21.53 from Tokyo last year. Thompson-Herah and…

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