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Ackera Nugent penned an emotional post to legendary Jamaican hurdler for help in bouncing back winning ways in Silesia after unfair Olympics.
Following a record-breaking performance at the Silesia Diamond League, Ackera Nugent penned an emotional post to Jamaican hurdling legend Danielle Williams for help in bouncing back after an unfair Paris Olympics outing.
The speed hurdler Nugent blazed to her first Diamond League triumph in the women's 100mH event to bounce back to winning ways in grand style as she set successive meeting records of 12.30s and 12.29s (-0.5) in the heats and final.
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20:46 - 25.08.2024
Winning day for Jamaica in Silesia as youngsters Tia Clayton and Ackera Nugent top performances over Olympic disappointment
Jamaican athletes had winning and brilliant performances at the Silesia Diamond League with Ackera Nugent and Tia Clayton topping the list.
Her senior compatriot and double world champion Williams placed third in a Season's Best (SB) of 12.38s, behind United States Grace Stark in 12.37s.
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It was an important victory for the 22-year-old, who developed an unfair injury in the Olympic final in Paris, thus caused her to not finish the race and diminished her chances of medalling.
However, Nugent shrugged it off by getting a deserved third-place finish in Lausanne three days ago, and her victory in Silesia booked her spot in the Diamond League final in Brussels, where she is one of the top favourites for the title.
After her outstanding victory in Poland, the Jamaican champion posted on her X page how her senior compatriot Williams was instrumental in moving past her Olympic disappointment and finding herself back.
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"To my idol growing up thank because after getting an injury at the Olympics I thought my season was over you hold me and cried with me, to not wanting to run the circuit you hold my hand and told me you got me and you kept your word thank u," she wrote.
Nugent has a personal best of 12.28s clocked earlier this year to win the Jamaican title and with her meeting record-breaking performance in Silesia into a strong headwind of -0.5, she's now highly rated to challenge Nigeria's Tobi Amusan's world record of 12.12s.
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