MR BIG SHOT

RAJINDRA Campbell became only the fifth man in history to throw beyond 23.00m when he won the men’s shot put with a Jamaican record 23.08m during the Wanda Diamond League final of the Allianz Memorial Van Damme at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday.

Campbell rewrote Jamaica’s history in the throwing events, joining discus thrower Fedrick Dacres as the only Jamaicans to win a Diamond Trophy in a throwing event. His 23.08m is the farthest throw in the world this season and moved him to fourth on the all-time list.

Tina Clayton was also a winner, taking the women’s 100m in 10.93 seconds (0.3m/s) to become the fifth Jamaican woman to win the Diamond Trophy in the event.