BRUSSELS, Belgium – Anderson Peters of Grenada and Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn brought the curtain down at the Diamond League final here Saturday with excellent performances in their respective events.
Anderson Peters won the men’s javelin at the Diamond League finalPeters’ opening throw of 87.87 metres proved just enough to win the men’s javelin, with Neeraj Chopra of India a close second with his effort measured at 87.86 metres. Germany’s Julian Weber (85.97m) finished third.
Meanwhile, Camacho-Quinn, fresh from capturing bronze at the Paris Olympics, blazed to victory in the women’s 100-metre hurdles in a time of 12.38 seconds, ahead of Nadine Fisherman of the Netherlands (12.54) and Ackera Nugent of Jamaica, who was third in 12.55 seconds.
Another Jamaican, Danielle Williams was fifth in 12.62 seconds.
They were also podium finishes for Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon and Rajindra Campbell, as well as Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic on Saturday’s final day.
Salmon clocked 53.99 seconds to finish third in the women’s 400-metre hurdles behind Femke Bol (52.45), who secured a third consecutive Diamond League title, with Anna Cockrell of the USA second in 53.71.
Campbell placed third in the men’s shot put with his throw of 21.95 metres. The event was won by Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri, who threw a meet record of 22.98, with American Ryan Crouser second (22.79).
Ogando also grabbed bronze in the men’s 200 metres in 19.97 seconds, behind eventual winner Kenneth Bednarek of the USA (19.67), who beat out Olympic gold medalist Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo (19.80) into second.
In other results, Jamaicans Roshawn Clarke (49.08) and Malik James-King (49.37) were fifth and sixth respectively in the men’s 400 meter hurdles, while compatriot Romaine Beckford settled for fourth in the men’s high jump with his effort measured at 2.22 metres.
