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mikesiva 2017-02-11 07:59:32 

"World Championships 100m gold medallist Yohan Blake is expected to make his seasonal debut at the 13th staging of the Camperdown Classic today at the National Stadium. Meanwhile, World discus leader Fedrick Dacres will lead a host of throwers at the 12th staging of the King of the Ring meet at the Excelsior High School, just down the road from the Camperdown Classic fireworks. Blake, who won the world title in 2011, normally opens with a 400m and is expected to lead a foray of club mates from the Racers Track Club."

Blake could be joined by teammates Michael Frater, Kemar Bailey-Cole and Jevaughn Minzie, to name a few.

 
mikesiva 2017-02-12 08:21:13 

Jamaica’s 100m World champion Yohan Blake laboured to fifth on his seasonal debut in the 400m in 47.3 seconds at the Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium yesterday.

The race was won by his Racers teammate Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain running out of lane six in 46.58 seconds. Jamaica’s 400m specialist Annsert Whyte was second in 46.85, the same time as Emmanuel Callender of Trinidad and Tobago.

Blake, who has a personal best of 46.32 seconds, started well and was on par with Hughes and company up to the 300m mark where it appeared as if a huge bear jumped on his back as he struggled home at the back of the pack in heat one.

It was a mammoth task for Blake, who is more accustomed to the shorter 100m and 200m sprints, and he suffered terribly at the end, even as he tried to recuperate.

Blake’s Racers teammate Kemar Bailey-Cole, the 100m Commonwealth Games champion of 2014, was fourth in heat two in 47.20. The race was won by the relatively unknown Kavon Nelson of Akan Track Club in 46.54 seconds — the fastest of the day. World Youth hurdles champion Jaheel Hyde of Cameron Blazers was second in 46.67 seconds, and was third fastest overall.

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