Kishane Thompson Wins 60m In Spanish Town, Clocks 6.48s On Return To Track
Thompson posted a personal best despite a headwind of 2.1m/sec at the second tier event outside of Kingston.
Jamaica’s Olympic 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson made a convincing return to the track on Saturday, clocking 6.48sec to win the 60m at a meeting in Spanish Town.
Thompson posted a personal best despite a headwind of 2.1m/sec at the second tier event outside of Kingston.
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The 23-year-old hadn’t raced competitively since the Paris Olympics, when he took silver in the 100m behind American Noah Lyles by just five thousandths of a second — the closest Olympic 100m finish in modern history.
Both were given the rounded-up time of 9.79sec but the American’s name carried the all-important (.784) to Thompson’s (.789.)
Thompson is scheduled to compete in the first indoor competition of his career on January 25 in Astana, Kazakhstan, the first World Athletics Tour Gold meeting of the season.
The indoor season will conclude at the World Championships in Nanjing (China) from March 21 to 23.
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