Jamaica will have three representatives in the Men’s 400m hurdles semni finals, at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Annsert Whyte and Roxroy Cato made it through to the semi finals. Whyte with 48.37s looked impressive, placing first in his heat; he will run in semi final 2. While Cato came in fourth with 48.56s and will run in semi final 3. Jaheel Hyde with 49.24s, came fourth in his heat; he will run in semi final 1, on August 16, 2016.

Meanwhile, Aisha Praught made history today and was the first Jamaican female to compete in an Olympic 3000m Steeplechase final for the country. She performed valiantly and finished 14^th out of the total 18 competitors. When everyone crossed the finishing line, Praught finished 9:34.77s. The event was won by Ruth Jebet of Bahrain 8:59.75s.

1	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica	48.37s
2	Karsten Warholm	Norway	48.49s
3	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	48.53s
4	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	48.55s
5	Roxroy Cato	Jamaica	48.56s
6	Keisuke Nozawa	Japan	48.62s
7	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	48.62s
8	Haron Koech	Kenya	48.77s
9	Boniface Mucheru	Kenya	48.91s
10	Thomas Barr	Ireland	48.93s
11	Jack Green	Great Britain	48.96s
12	Byron Robinson	United States	48.98s
13	Oskari Mörö	Finland	49.04s
14	Eric Cray	Philippines	49.05s
15	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	49.12s
16	Kerron Clement	United States	49.17s
17	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	49.21s
18	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	49.24s
19	Sergio Fernandez	Spain	49.31s
20	Michael Bultheel	Belgium	49.37s
21	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	49.52s
22	Sebastian Rodger	Great Britain	49.54s
23	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico	49.54s
24	Yuki Matsushita	Japan	49.60s
25	Le Roux Hamman	South Africa	49.72s
26	Miloud Rahmani	Algeria	49.73s
27	Kurt Couto	Mozambique	49.74s
28	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil	49.77s
29	Jaak-Heinrich Jagor	Estonia	49.78s
30	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	49.80s
31	Miles Ukaoma	Nigeria	49.84s
32	Dmitriy Koblov	Kazakhstan	49.87s
33	Amadou Ndiaye	Senegal	49.91s
34	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad & Tobago	49.98s
35	Mohamed Sghaier	Tunisia	50.09s
36	Michael Tinsley	United States	50.18s
37	Lindsay Hanekom	South Africa	50.22s
38	Marcio Teles	Brazil	50.41s
39	Jose Luis Gaspar	Cuba	50.58s
40	Chieh Chen	Chinese Taipei	50.65s
41	Patryk Dobek	Poland	50.66s
42	Ned Justeen Azemia	Seychelles	50.74s

 

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