Bolt Heads Strong Jamaica Team To London World Championship

Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt heads Team Jamaica’s 59 member  squad for the upcoming  IAAF World Championships scheduled to take place in  London between  August  4-13.

Bolt  is  one of 30  male  athletes on the  team  which  also  includes  Olympic  110  metre  hurdles  gold  medallist  Omar  McLeod, 2011  world  100  metres  champion  Yohan Blake, London 2012 Olympic  bronze  medallists  Warren Weir, Hansle  Parchment, and  Frederick  Dacres.

Elaine Thompson, Jamaica’s double  gold medallist at the Rio Olympics will lead the charge  for the team’s 29  female  athletes.

Among the females are Beijing  400m  bronze  medallist  Shericka  Jackson, and  Beijing  100m finalist Natasha Morrison.

Christania  Williams who was  a  finalist  in Rio is also on the squad along  with defending  100  metres  hurdles champion  Danielle  Williams.

Donald Quarrie will  be  the  Technical  Leader  for  the  squad  to  be  managed  by  Ian  Forbes with  Maurice  Wilson  the  head  coach.

Former world 100 metres record  holder  Asafa  Powell has not been named to the squad.

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