Diamond League Ends for Kishane Thompson
- Jamaican sprinter Kishene thompson will miss the final three Diamond League events, in Lausanne, Brussels and Zurich, due to some discomfort in his shin, according to Diamond League...
- The Olympic silver medallist, who is the fastest man over 100m this year, had been experiencing some issues in the area since defeating USA's Noah Lyles in Silesia...
- It was the first time the rivals had locked horns since Lyles pipped the Jamaican by five-thousandths of a second to win Olympic gold in Paris last year.
Jamaican sprinter Kishene thompson will miss the final three Diamond League events, in Lausanne, Brussels and Zurich, due to some discomfort in his shin, according to Diamond League organisers.
The Olympic silver medallist, who is the fastest man over 100m this year, had been experiencing some issues in the area since defeating USA’s Noah Lyles in Silesia last week with 9.87sec.
It was the first time the rivals had locked horns since Lyles pipped the Jamaican by five-thousandths of a second to win Olympic gold in Paris last year.
Thompson clocked a world-leading 9.75sec at the Jamaican trials in June, a time which puts him sixth on the all-time list.
While it was confirmed that the athlete will not take part in the Diamond League season-closer in Zurich on 28 August either, he is set to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, 13-21 September.