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Another Jamaican athlete running below 10 seconds

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Former St Jago High star Nickel Ashmeade has joined the sub-10-second club in the men’s 100m after clocking personal-best 9.96 seconds in the heats of the men’s 100m at the National Training Centre Sprint Series in Clermont Florida on Saturday.

Ashmeade was second to American training partner Tyson Gay, who ran a World-Leading 9.79 seconds (1.1m/s wind) at the last chance meet sponsored by their club PURE Athletics at their training base. Read more>>

Source: Jamaica Observer

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