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Kishane Thompson. (PHOTO: Marlon Reid).
Jamaica’s Olympic medallist Kishane Thompson is set to make his indoor debut at the Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes, the first World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of 2025, on January 25.
The 23-year-old, who secured 100m silver at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been announced for the 60m in Astana, Kazakhstan. While he has not raced indoors in his career so far, Thompson does have a PB for 60m of 6.67, set in an outdoor race in 2022.
His last competition was the Paris Olympics, where he ran 9.79 to finish a close second behind Noah Lyles in the 100m final. Thompson’s 100m PB of 9.77 was set at the Jamaican Championships last June.
His competition in Astana will include Canada’s Andre De Grasse, the Tokyo Olympic 200m champion who ran 6.66 to finish sixth in the final in Astana last year.
In the women’s 60m, twin sisters Tia and Tina Clayton will be joined by their Jamaican compatriot Natasha Morrison and Bahamian sprinter Anthonique Strachan. Sada Williams and Jamaican Janieve Russell will race the women’s 400m.
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