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Jamaica At The Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3

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Jamaica At The Paris Olympics | Image Source : Loop NewsJamaica At The Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3

By Venesha Johnson | Associate Writer

Day 3 for Jamaica at the Paris 2024 Olympics was a chaotic one that left us feeling bittersweet, with some wins and few losses under our belt.

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Let’s dive into the chaos of day 3.

1. The Events:

Men’s 100m Heats

First up was the men’s 100m heats which started our day off tremendously. Kishane Thompson won his heat with a time of 10.00s, Oblique Seville won his heat with a time of 9.99s and Akeem Blake came in second in his heat with a time of 10.06s. All three will now represent Jamaica in the men’s 100m semi-finals on August 4th. 

Men’s Shot Put

Rajindra Campbell is the first Jamaican to qualify for the shotput final since Rio 2016. In the Men’s Shotput finals, he made history when claimed bronze to become Jamaica's first Olympic medallist in the Men's shot put, ultimately giving us our first medal for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

Mixed 4x400m Relay Finals

Team Jamaica finishes 6th in the 4x400m mixed relay final with a time of 3:11.67! The team featured Reheem Hayles, Junelle Bromfield, Zandrion Barnes, and Stephenie Ann McPherson.

Women’s Triple Jump

With a season-best jump of 14.87 meters, Shanieka Ricketts won silver in the triple jump, becoming the first Jamaican female triple jumper to medal in an Olympic competition!

Ackelia Smith who also completed, placed seventh with a best jump of 14.42m.

Women’s 50m Swimming Freestyle Heats

Representing team Jamaica, Sabrina Lyn finished fifth in the Women's 50m Freestyle heat 7 with a time of 26.08 seconds and did not advance to the semi-finals.

Women’s 800m Repechage Heat

Adelle Tracey finished fifth in heat 2 of the women’s 800m with a time of 2:03.67, just barely missing her opportunity to participate in the semi-finals. 

Women’s 100m semi-finals

Our 19-year-old rising star athlete, Tia Clayton won the women’s 100m semi-finals with a time of 10.89 and secured her spot in the final! On the other hand, Shashalee Forbes, finished 6th in her semi-final with a time of 11.20s and did not advance to the finals.

Women’s 100m Finals

Despite her tremendous win in the semi-finals, Tia Clayton finished the finals in 7th place with a time of 11.04s. 

2. Athlete Highlights:

To the distraught of many Jamaicans, our Two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrew from the 100m semi-finals. In a video circulating social media, she was seen on the outside of the warm-up venue at the Olympic Games complaining about being denied access. Fraser-Pryce explained in the video that officials at the gate informed them of a change in entry rules for the training facility, requiring them to use the general entrance.

She was listed as DNS (Did Not Start) due to unspecified reasons for the women’s 100m semi-finals, which led to her withdrawal from the event just before it commenced. It was later said that during her warm-up session, she sustained a hamstring injury.

3. Medal Count:

Gold: 0
Silver: 1
Bronze: 1

4. Visuals

Here are some interesting moments caught by camera of our team on Day 3 of us participating at the Paris Olympics games.

Paris Olympics Day 3
Paris Olympics Day 3
Paris Olympics Day 3

5. Fan Reactions:

Here is what social media had to say to our athletes on day 3.

Joy T Stephen: "Respect to you mommy rocket!! You've represented your country and the Caribbean well over many years!! We appreciate you!!! 💐💐💐"

Karlene Gayle: "Thompson, then Shericka, now Shelly. We can only speculate. But let's pray that they all are physically and mentally healthy. Whatever their reasons are it is their decisions. Bless up."

Dwizzyxy: "@realkevinrobinson he had a foul on his final throw. He was so close to that silver medal though. Overall, he did well."

Terrificterryg: "Love this for him..Well done..History👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💯💯💯💯"

Bawn_rebel: "Yeah Goodie! Winning blood! Cold bump tek mi body. Happy fi you and wi cousin from ova east! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲"

Tamara Green: "Yes it’s the stumble that she stumbled at the start that threw her off. She did well none the less. She never quit, she never pulled out. She stuck to the task and made sure we had a representative the finals. You go Tia!!"

Sandra Murray: "I wished all the runners had the ability as Stephanie. She ran her heart out. Congratulations to them anyway. They still tried their best. 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲"

Dian Grant: "Worst bbc Olympics ever said what I said , love and many blessings to our Athletes them same way noting no change thanks for all the beautiful memories and wonderful medals that u all gave us over the years , win loose are draw the love never changes u all represented us and your country well🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲❤❤❤❤❤"

Wray Sheppy: "We appreciate your valiant effort and will continue to support you Adelle Tracey congratulations again."

Closing Note:

Day 3 was a lot and very emotional for team Jamaica. Admittedly we had some highs and some lows but we are ultimately very proud of our athlete's performance. I think for most of us the biggest disappointment was simply not medalling in the women’s 100m. Tia is very young and she represented us well in the race, but we are even more so heartbroken that Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce was unable to compete. This was Shelly’s last year at the Olympic games and we were all looking forward to seeing her bring it, as she usually does. 

With that being said we are excited for our wins so far, especially for Rajindra Campbell and Shanieka Ricketts as they made history for us by giving us our first medals in Shotput and Triple Jump at the Olympic games. 

Coming day 4, August 4th, I am looking forward to seeing what our men do in the 100m semi-finals and finals. 

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References & Sources For Jamaica At The Paris Olympics 2024 Day 3

  1. Fast, A. (2024, August 3). Paris 2024 athletics: All results, as Thea LaFond wins historic first Olympic gold for Dominica in women’s triple jump. Olympics.com. https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-athletics-all-results-as-thea-lafond-wins-historic-first-olympic-gold-for-dominica-in-women-s-triple-jump

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