Injury rules Simpson out of Jamaica Championships
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| Published on Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
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By Gary Smith
Caribbean Net News Sports Correspondent
Email: gary@caribbeannetnews.com
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Sherone Simpson, the fastest woman in the 100m and 200m in 2006, will miss the Jamaica national track and field championships this weekend because of a nagging hip injury.
Simpson, who ran personal bests of 10.82 (100m) and 22.00 (200m) last season, has been nursing the injury for some weeks now and after withdrawals from a couple of top meetings, the Jamaican decided to race at last Friday's first Golden League and apparently aggravated the injury.
The Commonwealth Games 200m champion was seen as one of the favourites to take the double at the Jamaica championships as well as post a strong challenge to repeat the feat at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, this summer.
Due to the injury, she now will have to watch Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell, NCAA Indoor sprint champion and outdoor 200m winner Kerron Stewart battling hard with the improving Sherri-Ann Brooks, Simone Facey and Aileen Bailey for the national crown in the dash.
Two other high-profile athletes – Michael Frater, the reigning world silver medallist and defending national 100m and training mate Brigitte Foster-Hylton, the bronze medallist from Helsinki -- are also recovering from minor injuries, and will be closely watched by the coaching and medical staffs.
The Jamaica national senior and junior championships run from 22 June to 24 June 2007. |
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