Shot-putter Danniel Thomas-Dodd opened Jamaica's medal hunt with a historic silver medal, becoming the first Jamaican female to make it to the podium at a senior, major global track and field championships when she copped second place in the shot put on yesterday's second day of the 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships, at Arena Birmingham in the English Midlands.
Thomas-Dodd extended her own National Indoor Record to 19.22m, second best in the world this year only behind gold medal-winning Anita Marton's 19.62m effort on her final throw.
Marton had pushed Thomas-Dodd off the podium at last year's World Championships in London when her final-round effort took her from fourth place to the gold, as the Jamaican dropped to fourth from third.
“There is no way to explain how I am feeling,” the 25-year-old Thomas-Dodd told reporters afterwards. “I wanted a PB and that's all I was hoping for, but to come away with a PB and a medal, it's a bonus.”
Thomas-Dodd, who came into the championships with a personal best 19.05m and who won the NCAA Division One title last year, said: “I had it in the back of my mind that I could potentially get a medal; all I had to do was relax and work my technique.n the shot put final, Thomas-Dodd sent a clear message she was ready to compete with the giants of the event with one throw under 18.90m, as she took the lead with 18.92m and inched up to 18.95m in the second round.
The record came in the third round after she had slipped into third place behind eventual bronze medal winner Lijiao Gong of China, and after fouling her fourth-round effort and throwing 18.86m she finished strong with 19.07m.
Thompson just missed back-to-back bronze medals in the 60m after she clocked 7.08 seconds and was edged by the Ivory Coast's Marie Josee Ta Lou and Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji, who were tied with 7.05 seconds but separated by five-thousands of a second.
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