Nugent Wins 100m Hurdles Final at Zurich Diamond League

It was disappointment for Jamaica’s Paris Olympic finalist, Tia Clayton, in Zurich today as she came up short in her bid to be crowned Wanda Diamond Champion and in the process failed to gain a wildcard to next month’s World Championships in Tokyo Japan.

Clayton clocked 10.84 seconds for second as St. Lucia’s Olympic champion Julien Alfred won in 10.76 seconds, her first race in five weeks.

Meanwhile, National record holder, Ackera Nugent, produced a season best to win the 100m hurdles.

Nugent sped to 12.30 seconds to become Jamaica’s only Diamond League champion for 2025.

Reigning world champion Danielle Williams was fourth in 12.44

Nugent says she never worry about the other athletes in the field.

Ackera Nugent.

Andrennette Knight clocked 53.76 seconds for third in the women’s 400m hurdles won by the outstanding Dutch, Femke Bol in a meet record 52.18 seconds

Ackeem Blake was also a third place finisher in the men’s 100m in 9.99 seconds, as Christian Coleman of the USA won in 9.97 seconds to secure his lane in Tokyo having failed to make it at the American Championship.

Meanwhile, Olympic champion Roje Stona finished third in the men’s Discus with 67.06m, Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania won with 68.89m

Olympic silver medalist Shaneika Ricketts ended fifth in the women’s Triple Jump with 14.35m.

Triple Jumper Jordan Scott who dominated the Diamond League season could not put it together for the final, finishing fourth with 17.16m, while National Champion Orlando Bennett fell away in the 110m hurdles and placed seventh in 13.35 seconds