Sprint stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson lead Jamaican team for Paris 2024 Olympics
Olympic champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson head a team of 66 athletes picked to represent Jamaica across 17 track and field events at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Sprint legend Fraser-Pryce will compete at her fifth and final Games in the women’s 100m, alongside Jackson, targeting her first individual Olympic gold in both the dash and the 200m.
The two leading figures will also be part of the 4x100m relay team that includes Tia Clayton, Shashalee Forbes, with Alana Reid as a reserve.
They are joined by the fastest man in the men’s 100m this year, Kishane Thompson who has a personal best of 9.77 seconds. Oblique Seville, fourth in Tokyo in the 100m and Ackeem Blake will also be in Paris.
The trio will be aiming to reclaim the Olympic title last won by the fastest man alive, Usain Bolt at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Two-time double Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah and world 400m world champion Antonio Watson miss out due to injury.
100m hurdles world champion Danielle Williams, two-time World Championships bronze medallist Rushell Clayton, 800m specialist Natoya Goule- Toppin have also been picked to represent the Caribbean nation in Paris.
In the field events, the big names are Jaydon Hibbert and Shanieka Rickets in the men and women’s triple jump respectively.