Olympic diver Yona Knight-Wisdom was at the National Aquatic Centre this morning where he staged an hour-long training session.

Knight-Wisdom…. who  is  among  the  5  nominees for the 2019 sportsman of the year award, is  in  the  island  for  the  function  tomorrow, having  been  shortlisted after creating history last year by becoming the first Jamaican diver to win silver at the Pan Am Games.

He is also the first diver from the Caribbean to participate in an Olympic tournament and has  the  distinction  of  winning  Jamaica’s first medal in a world diving competition after claiming silver in the three-metre men’s springboard event at the 2016 Fina Diving World Cup.

As well as knight-wisdom the list of nominees for the sportsman of the year award includes  world long jump champion Tajay Gayle, IAAF World championship discuss silver medalist Fredrick Dacres, Caribbean Squash champion Chris Binnie and Pan Am discuss silver medallist Travis Smikle.