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Jamaica's 4 x 100m men's campaign went from bad to worse on day 2 of the World Athletics Relays in China, while Omanyala's Kenya achieved historic qualification for the World Championships in China.
Jamaica’s 4 by 100m relay team will have to rely on rankings to stand a chance of competing at the Tokyo World Championships following a disastrous second day in China, to headline a disastrous weekend for them.
Jamaica, who messed up on day one during the barton exchange between Julian Forte and Johan Blake, had to suffer the ignonimity of suffering the same fate for the second day in a row, as this time, Forte pulled a hamstring before tripping and falling before Blake even had a chance of touching the barton.
It now means that Kishane Thompson, who won silver at the Olympics in the 100 meters last year, did not even get to touch the barton.
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Jamaica started well off the blocks through Rohan Watson, who passed the barton on to Julian Forte, who ran wall down the back straight, but suffered a set back midway through the lane, and he had to limp his way through in attempts to find Blake, before everything capitulated.
Jamaica’s only chance of qualifying for the championships will now be through rankings, with only two places remaining after 14 teams officially sealed qualification for the competition.
Kenya Seize the Moment, Secure Historic Qualification
At the same time, Kenya made history by qualifying for the World Championships for the first time ever after Stephen Odhiambo anchored the side to a 38.51 run to qualify for the championships.
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Boniface Mweresa got off the blocks spectacularly before handing the barton over to Ferdinand Omanyala on the back stretch, who created a considerable gap before handing it over to Meshack Babu, who held his own down the curve well under pressure from Belgium’s Kobe Vleminickx, before handing the barton to Odhiambo.
Odhiambo then ran down the final leg to secure the second spot of the heat, despite narrowly losing to Belgium, who set a national record of 38.49.
Final Qualification Snapshot:
People’s Republic of China – 38.03 (SB)
Australia – 38.31
France – 38.31 (SB)
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Ghana – 38.32 (SB)
Belgium – 38.49 (NR)
Korea – 38.51 (NR)
Kenya – 38.51
Botswana – 38.53
With only two places left via rankings, and Jamaica’s current form in complete disarray, the once-dominant relay nation now faces a nervous wait.
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