Four Jamaicans down for Stockholm Diamond League

Four Jamaicans will be in action today when the fifth leg of the Diamond League series continues in Stockholm, Sweden.

Danniel Thomas Dodd, Nia Robinson, and Roje Stona will be involved in the field events, while Assinie Wilson will compete in the men's 400-metre hurdles, which is a promotional event. 

Thomas Dodd, with a season’s best 19.24 metres, will be the first Jamaican in action when she contests the women's shot put at 10:17 a.m. Jamaican time. Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands leads the field with a season’s best 21.09m.

Long jumper Robinson, who takes the field at 10:23 a.m., will be hoping to improve on her season’s best 6.61m. The United States pair of Alexis Brown (7.07m) and Monae' Nichols (6.95m) are the top two jumpers in the event.

Stona will close out competition in the field for Jamaica when he contests the men's discus at 10:52 a.m. With a season’s best of 68.47m, he will face a field that includes three throwers who have surpassed the 70-metre mark this season. Australia's Matthew Denny leads with 73.58m, while Slovenia's Kristjan Čeh has thrown 72.61m, and Great Britain's Lawrence Okoye has gone 71.88m.

On the track, Wilson will compete in the non-Diamond League men's 400m hurdles at 11:19 a.m. He has a season’s best 48.29 seconds and will line up in a field led by world leader Alison dos Santos of Brazil, who has run 46.72 seconds this season.

World Championships double sprint champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the United States will make her first 100m appearance of the season. The American finished second in her 200m season opener in Rome three days ago behind world leader Julien Alfred of St Lucia.