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Powell & Blake headline Jamaicans in Zagreb

by August 28th, 2017

Former world record holder Asafa Powell and 2011 world champion Yohan Blake will line up in the men’s 100m at the IAAF World Challenge in Zagreb where they will be among an overall 8 Jamaicans competing at the meet.

Blake has run 9.90 this year while Powell, who is seeking the 98th wind-legal sub-10 of his career, is on the rebound from injury. He clocked 10.11 in Zurich on Thursday in his first race in two months.

They will face the likes of Ben Youssef Meite of Ivory Coast and Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev, the world 200m champion.

2015 Beijing Danielle Williams and Megan Simmons are down to run in the women’s 100m hurdles, while Andrew Riley and Ronald Levy will contest the 110m hurdles.

Also in action is O’Dayne Richards, in the men’s shot put where he will face World champion Tom Walsh of New Zealand, Joe Kovacs of the United States and Croatian’s rising star Stipe Zunic, the London bronze medallist, in a competition that includes Czech Tomas Stanek who joined the 22-metre club earlier this season with a 22.01m throw.

Shanieka Rickettes is entered for the women’s triple jump event.

A total of 11 medallists from IAAF World Championships London 2017 will converge on the Croatian capital for the 67th edition of the Hanzekovic Memorial.

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